{"id":18654,"date":"2021-06-14T23:27:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T23:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18654"},"modified":"2021-06-14T23:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T23:27:49","slug":"faa-selects-iris-automation-to-participate-on-new-bvlos-aviation-rulemaking-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/faa-selects-iris-automation-to-participate-on-new-bvlos-aviation-rulemaking-committee\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Selects Iris Automation to Participate on New BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Iris Automation has been selected by the Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) to participate in the FAA&#8217;s BVLOS ARC (Aviation Rulemaking\nCommittee), announced last week at the virtual AUVSI FAA Symposium. The UAS\nBVLOS ARC will provide recommendations to the FAA for performance-based\nregulatory requirements to normalize safe, scalable, economically viable, and\nenvironmentally advantageous UAS BVLOS operations that are not under positive\nair traffic control (ATC). This ARC will take a holistic approach in\nrecommending a performance-based, technology agnostic, regulatory framework for\nBVLOS operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Dickson, FAA administrator, announced the new ARC virtually during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/news\/speeches\/news_story.cfm?newsId=26180\">keynote address<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m pleased to announce that the FAA is forming a new Aviation Rulemaking Committee, or ARC, to help the agency develop a regulatory path for routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations. This committee will consider the safety, security and environmental needs, as well as societal benefits, of these operations. Within six months, the committee will submit a recommendations report to the FAA. I think we can all agree this is a big step forward, and it will help pave the way for routine package delivery, infrastructure inspection, and other more complex drone operations beyond the visual line-of-sight of the remote pilot.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the BEYOND program and the ARC are intended to assist the FAA in establishing safety and performance standards for BVLOS operation by working with a diverse array of industry and interested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/regulations_policies\/rulemaking\/committees\/documents\/media\/BVLOS%20ARC%20Proposed%20Members%20FINAL_6-9-2021.pdf\">stakeholders<\/a>. The BEYOND program provides real-world operational learning in the field and ARC suggests specific regulatory recommendations, across academia and standards bodies, infrastructure security, privacy, state\/local\/tribal and territorial bodies, technology, network and infrastructure, traditional aviation associations, UAS associations and manufacturers, and UAS operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Iris Automation is committed to developing critical\ndetection technologies and working closely with global policymakers and\nregulators to develop appropriate BVLOS safety standards,\u201d said Jon Damush, CEO\nat Iris Automation. \u201cWe are therefore honored to be selected to contribute to\nthis progressive and continued effort by the FAA to work towards establishing\nreal-world guidelines in making UAS operations safe and scalable throughout the\nUnited States. Building on the critical work already achieved by the FAA&#8217;s IPP\nand now BEYOND programs, we look forward to continuing our participation in\nthis extremely valuable industry\/regulator collaboration.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iris Automation participates in the Federal Aviation\nAdministration&#8217;s ASSURE program and the BEYOND program to advance complex BVLOS\nUAS operations in the US National Airspace System. As part of the BEYOND\nProgram, Iris has so far partnered with four lead participants &#8211; the City of\nReno, Kansas Department of Transportation, the University of Alaska Fairbanks\n(ACUASI) and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Iris had previously partnered with\neach of these lead participants in the FAA&#8217;s UAS Integration Pilot Program\n(IPP) which concluded in October 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iris Automation has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to participate in the FAA&#8217;s BVLOS ARC (Aviation Rulemaking Committee), announced last week at the virtual AUVSI FAA Symposium. 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