The wait is over!
On Monday, 28th August 2018, Indian Government announced a policy and guidelines for all remotely piloted aircraft (commonly called as Drones or Quads) which will comes to live from coming 1st December 2018. These regulations will enable the safe, commercial usage of drones starting December 1, 2018. It is intended to enable visual line-of-sight, daytime-only operations to a maximum altitude of 400 feet.
No Permission, No Take off (NPNT)!
Wonderful and excited to see some initial steps on Drone policy in India is taken finally. India's Drone regulation 1.0 or Digital Sky platform formulated as in such way "all digital process" or fully online process.
As stated by Civil aviation minister, the Digital Sky platform will be a first national unmanned traffic management platform that implements 'no permission, no takeoff' for remotely piloted aircraft. Some of the key points are
7. Day time & Distance: Drone Regulations 1.0 are intended to enable visual line-of-sight daytime-only and a maximum of 400 ft altitude operations.
Classification of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS)/ Drones:
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued today the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) for civil use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) commonly known as drones. As per the regulation, there are 5 categories of RPAS categorized by weight, namely
Basic requirement to fly a drone are
1. All RPAS except nano and those owned by NTRO, ARC and Central Intelligence Agencies are to be registered and issued with Unique Identification Number (UIN).
2. Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit (UAOP) shall be required for RPA operators except for nano RPAS operating below 50 ft., micro RPAS operating below 200 ft., and those owned by NTRO, ARC and Central Intelligence Agencies.
3. The mandatory equipment required for operation of RPAS except nano category are
a) GNSS (GPS)
b) Return-To-Home (RTH)
c) Anti-collision light
d) ID-Plate,
e) Flight controller with flight data logging capability and
f) RF ID and SIM/ No-Permission No Take off (NPNT).
4. As of now, RPAS to operate within visual line of sight (VLoS), during day time only, and upto maximum400 ft. altitude.
5. For flying in controlled Airspace, filing of flight plan and obtaining Air Defence Clearance (ADC) /Flight Information Centre (FIC) number shall be necessary.
6. Minimum manufacturing standards and training requirements of Remote Pilots of small and above categories of RPAS have been specified in the regulation.
Law against Violation:
The enforcement actions are,
1. Suspension/ cancellation of UIN/ UAOP in case of violation of regulatory provisions,
2. Actions as per relevant Sections of the Aircraft Act 1934, or Aircraft Rules, or any statutory provisions, and
3. Penalties as per applicable IPCs (such as 287, 336, 337, 338, or any relevant section of IPC).
Note :
The details including links for the digital sky platform shall be available in DGCA website from 1st December, 2018. There will be different color zones visible to the applicant while applying in the digital sky platform, viz, Red Zone: flying not permitted, Yellow Zone (controlled airspace): permission required before flying, and Green Zone (uncontrolled airspace): automatic permission.
#drone
#NoPermission
#NoTake off
#droneregulation
#NPNT
#UTM
#dronepolicy
#MadeinIndia
#MakeinIndia
#UIN
#UniqueIdentificationNumber
On Monday, 28th August 2018, Indian Government announced a policy and guidelines for all remotely piloted aircraft (commonly called as Drones or Quads) which will comes to live from coming 1st December 2018. These regulations will enable the safe, commercial usage of drones starting December 1, 2018. It is intended to enable visual line-of-sight, daytime-only operations to a maximum altitude of 400 feet.
No Permission, No Take off (NPNT)!
Wonderful and excited to see some initial steps on Drone policy in India is taken finally. India's Drone regulation 1.0 or Digital Sky platform formulated as in such way "all digital process" or fully online process.
As stated by Civil aviation minister, the Digital Sky platform will be a first national unmanned traffic management platform that implements 'no permission, no takeoff' for remotely piloted aircraft. Some of the key points are
- Online-Registration : Users will be required to make one-time registration of their drones, pilots and owners on the platform, which will also allow for online filing of a drone's specific flight path and use.
- Mobile App Permission : It is understood from the regulation "For every flight, users will be required to ask for permission to fly on a mobile app and an automated process permits or denies the request instantly.
- No unauthorized flights : To prevent unauthorized flights and to ensure public safety, any drone without a digital permit to fly will simply not be able to takeoff".
- Dedicated Path : Drones should remain on approved flight paths to ensure it should keep away from defense and civilian air traffic in the area.
- Zone Classification : Depending on the airspace, zones are classified and permission for it depends on the usage air traffic.
- Red Zone: Flying not permitted
- Yellow Zone : Controlled airspace — permission required before flying
- Green Zone : Uncontrolled airspace — automatic permission.
7. Day time & Distance: Drone Regulations 1.0 are intended to enable visual line-of-sight daytime-only and a maximum of 400 ft altitude operations.
Classification of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS)/ Drones:
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued today the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) for civil use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) commonly known as drones. As per the regulation, there are 5 categories of RPAS categorized by weight, namely
- Nano
- Micro
- Small
- Medium and
- Large
Basic requirement to fly a drone are
1. All RPAS except nano and those owned by NTRO, ARC and Central Intelligence Agencies are to be registered and issued with Unique Identification Number (UIN).
2. Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit (UAOP) shall be required for RPA operators except for nano RPAS operating below 50 ft., micro RPAS operating below 200 ft., and those owned by NTRO, ARC and Central Intelligence Agencies.
3. The mandatory equipment required for operation of RPAS except nano category are
a) GNSS (GPS)
b) Return-To-Home (RTH)
c) Anti-collision light
d) ID-Plate,
e) Flight controller with flight data logging capability and
f) RF ID and SIM/ No-Permission No Take off (NPNT).
4. As of now, RPAS to operate within visual line of sight (VLoS), during day time only, and upto maximum400 ft. altitude.
5. For flying in controlled Airspace, filing of flight plan and obtaining Air Defence Clearance (ADC) /Flight Information Centre (FIC) number shall be necessary.
6. Minimum manufacturing standards and training requirements of Remote Pilots of small and above categories of RPAS have been specified in the regulation.
Law against Violation:
The enforcement actions are,
1. Suspension/ cancellation of UIN/ UAOP in case of violation of regulatory provisions,
2. Actions as per relevant Sections of the Aircraft Act 1934, or Aircraft Rules, or any statutory provisions, and
3. Penalties as per applicable IPCs (such as 287, 336, 337, 338, or any relevant section of IPC).
Note :
The details including links for the digital sky platform shall be available in DGCA website from 1st December, 2018. There will be different color zones visible to the applicant while applying in the digital sky platform, viz, Red Zone: flying not permitted, Yellow Zone (controlled airspace): permission required before flying, and Green Zone (uncontrolled airspace): automatic permission.
#drone
#NoPermission
#NoTake off
#droneregulation
#NPNT
#UTM
#dronepolicy
#MadeinIndia
#MakeinIndia
#UIN
#UniqueIdentificationNumber
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