The FAA has published the airworthiness criteria for the proposed certification of 10 different Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) or drones as special class aircraft by News Desk.
This is an important step towards allowing more complex drone operations under the small unmanned aircraft rule (Part 107), including package delivery...
Airworthiness criteria notices are published in the Federal Register for the following applicants:
- 3D Robotics
- Airobotics
- Amazon
- Flirtey
- Flytrex
- Matternet
- Percepto
- Telegrid
- Wingcopter
- Zipline
The applicants’ drones range from five to 89 pounds, and include various types of vehicle designs, including both fixed wing and rotorcraft, and are all electric-powered.
Source: Geospatial World