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Michael Gadd Policy Specialist, UAS and Spaceplanes Safety and Airspace Regulation Group

Verification & Validation of Autonomous Systems – Future Air Regulation Regulations & Certification 22 nd February 2016. Michael Gadd Policy Specialist, UAS and Spaceplanes Safety and Airspace Regulation Group. Introduction. Regulations Certification Challenges. But First ….

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Michael Gadd Policy Specialist, UAS and Spaceplanes Safety and Airspace Regulation Group

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  1. Verification & Validation of Autonomous Systems – Future Air Regulation Regulations & Certification 22nd February 2016 Michael GaddPolicy Specialist, UAS and Spaceplanes Safety and Airspace Regulation Group

  2. Introduction • Regulations • Certification • Challenges

  3. But First … • Definitions • Autonomous Aircraft : An unmanned aircraft that does not allow pilot intervention in the management of the flight (ICAO). • Autonomous operation: • An operation during which a remotely-piloted aircraft is operating without pilot intervention in the management of the flight (ICAO). • This does not mean there is no pilot. • Current legislation requires one pilot per aircraft as the person responsible for the safety of the flight (Convention Art. 8). • So when an aircraft is operating autonomously, it may be that the responsibility is simply transferred to the designer or manufacturer. Ref. ICAO RPAS Manual – Doc. 10019, 1st Edition

  4. Regulations … • The regulatory environment • Individual responsibility • Risk/safety/security picture and different agency roles • Enforcement • Insurance • The societal aspects • Public perceptions – risk vs benefits • Privacy / intrusion • Environmental – nuisance/noise • Education – users vs ‘recievers’

  5. Certification … • The “how to assure …safe enough…” • Higher Risk: • Well tested, approval based framework: • Individual “pillars” – Airworthiness, Operations, Competency, Airspace • Airworthiness -Type Certificate, Restricted TC / Permit to Fly • Lower Risk: • CONOPS framework: • “end to end” usage approach • Specific and Open Categories (UAS)

  6. The Challenges … • The challenges • Legislative frameworks and responsibility in a global market based economy • Technology – COTS and Info Tech rather than aerospace • Processes, Costs, Timelines and Skillsets

  7. The Future - A Sci-Fi View ? 1968 - 1982 - Bladerunner 1985 – B-T-T-F 1 1961 - Supercar Thank You 2012 – Total Recall 1997 – 5th Element “Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads”

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