CASA: Drone roadmap is coming

Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) CEO and director of aviation safety Shane Carmody reported (27-Apr-2018) CASA is developing a remotely piloted aircraft systems regulatory roadmap to give the drone industry more certainty about the safety regulation of the sector into the future. The roadmap will seek to address airspace integration and unmanned traffic management, certification and airworthiness standards, detect and avoid technology, communication protocols and low cost automatic dependant surveillance-broadcast technology, autonomous systems, registration and e-identification, training and competency, geo-fencing and safety management systems and human factors. [more - original PR]