F38 UAS Committee

Standards Roadmap Overview

30 Jan 2019

Ajay Sehgal
Chief Engineer, KBRwyle, Lexington Park, MD
Vice Chairman, F38 UAS Committee
ajay.sehgal@wyle.com
www.astm.org

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F38 UAS Standards Roadmap Overview
AGENDA

• What is F38 Committee?

• Why use Consensus Standards?

• F38 Standards Roadmap

− Approach / Criteria
− Current Status

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 Aerospace Sector – Comprehensive
Standards Development
Standards Developing Committees Training and Certification

F37 Light Sport Aircraft NCATT Testing & Certification

 Standards: 35 approved; 4 in development • Aircraft Electronics Technicians (AET)
 FAA NOA’s • AeroIT
F38 Unmanned Aircraft Systems • Foreign Object Debris
• many more…
 Standards: 17 approved; 25+ in development
 New rule recently published; FAA acceptance via AC’s
F39 Aircraft Systems LSA Personnel Certificate
 Standards: 6 approved; 9 in development Program
 FAA Notices
• Training for compliance personnel
F44 General Aviation Aircraft
 Standards: 29 approved; 10 in development
 New rule recently published; FAA acceptance via AC’s
F46 Aerospace Personnel
 Standards: 1 approved, 7 in development
 Formed December 2014, not for regulatory means
F47 Commercial Spaceflight
• Officially formed October 2016
• Approved by Board December 2016
• Supports COMSTAC recommendations
• Following LSA model
• Standards: 12 in development

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 F38 Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Technical Committee Organization
Formed: 2003, memorandum Chairman
agreement with FAA
Current Membership: 230+ members (Phil Kenul)
(30 regulators)
Standards: 17 approved; 25+ in
development Vice Chairman

(Ajay Sehgal)

Admin Assistant Staff Mgr. Membership Secretary Recording Secretary

(Jill Dicicco) (Mary Mikolajewski) (Jonathan Daniels) (Brad Hayden)

F38.01 F38.02 F38.03

(Steve Cook) (Mark Blanks) (Jonathan Daniels)

Airworthiness Operations Personnel Training/Certs

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Why Consensus Standards?

‒Standards support rulemaking

Regulatory
‒Ensure minimum performance
Agency ‒Product/system/process is consistent and repeatable

‒Ensure safety, reliability and quality

Industry ‒Facilitate free and fair global trade
‒Legally defensible foundation
• Manufacturer
• User
• Operator

‒Requires federal agencies to use voluntary consensus

Public Law standards as a means to carry out policy objectives
104-113 ‒Requires federal agencies to participate with voluntary
consensus standards bodies
National Tech
Transfer and
Advancement
Act of 1995
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Development/Use of Consensus Standards

SDO
Industry (F38) Regulator
Participate in Participate in
Develop standards
standards standards
content
development development

Comments
Continuous Improvement
Achieve consensus
(Balloting Process)

Review published
Publish standards
standards

Receive
Issue Notice
Feedback
accepting
standards

Use standards Use standards

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Process

Prioritization
GAP Resource
ANALYSIS Availability

Potential USER DEMAND

Identify SIGNALS
Option 1
Requirements
STANDARDS Technology
DEVELOPMENT Maturity
Potential
Identify REGULATOR
Option 1 / In
Completed STRATEGY/
work efforts GUIDANCE

Level of
Complexity

Standards Priority is based on the Regulatory Framework/User Demand Signals

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F38 Goal: Industry Standards Achieving Safe &
Reliable UAS Operations
Courtesy: FAA

FAA Strategy: Risk-Based Approach

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F38 Goal: Industry Standards Achieving Safe &
Reliable UAS Operations
Courtesy: FAA

FAA Strategy: Building the Regulatory Framework

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Next Steps Expanded Operations :
Integration not Segregation

F
3
WK65042 OOP 1
Baseline
No Standards 7
F3196 BVLOS 8
Airworthiness

F2910/3298 DCV O
Foundation R
Operational Operational A
Rule Rule

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FAA REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

CURRENT NEAR TERM (12 - 18 months) INTERMEDIATE TERM (18 - 36 months) LONG TERM (> 36 months)

14 CFR Part 107 (sUAS) Part 107 Waivers Operations over people Expanded Operations Integrated NAS Operations Small Cargo / Passenger Operations

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 F38 UAS Standards Roadmap
FAA REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
CURRENT NEAR TERM (12 - 18 months) INTERMEDIATE TERM (18 - 36 months) LONG TERM (> 36 months)
14 CFR Part 107 (sUAS) Part 107 Waivers Operations over people Expanded Operations Integrated NAS Operations Small Cargo / Passenger Operations

BASIC OPERATIONS

Day light, VLOS, No ops over

FAA REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
people, <400' AGL, <100 mph
GS, >3 miles visibility, No ops
- NO AIRWORTHINESS CURRENT NEAR TERM (12 - 18 months) INTERMEDIATE TERM (18 - 36 months) PUBLISHED STANDARD LONG TERM (> 36 months)
- OPERATIONAL RULES
from moving AC/Vehicle 14 CFR Part 107 (sUAS) Part 107 Waivers Operations over people Expanded Operations Integrated NAS Operations Small Cargo / Passenger Operations
IN-WORK STANDARD

Waiver-able OPERATIONS BASIC OPERATIONS

Night, >400' AGL, Ops from PROPOSED STANDARD
Day light, VLOS, No ops over
moving AC/Vihicle, Ops over people, <400' AGL, <100 mph - 333 EXEMPTIONS
- NO AIRWORTHINESS
people, BVLOS, Multi-vehicle GS, >3 miles visibility, No ops - WAIVERS PUBLISHED STANDARD
- OPERATIONAL RULES
ops, near airports/in from moving AC/Vehicle - SAFETY ASSESSMENT
- OPERATIONAL RULES
controlled airspace
IN-WORK STANDARD

Waiver-able OPERATIONS
REMOTE PIC TRAINING
Night, >400' AGL, Ops from ENDORSEMENT (F3266-18)
BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS PROPOSED STANDARD
moving AC/Vihicle, Ops over
- 333 EXEMPTIONS
PERSONNEL TRAINING, QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFIFATION

people, BVLOS, Multi-vehicle UAS FLIGHT MANUAL BALLOTS-/WAIVERS

PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(F2908-18)
ops, near airports/in - SAFETY ASSESSMENT
- OPERATIONAL RULES
controlled airspace
UAS OPERATOR TRAINING PROGRAM BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(F3330-18)

PUBLIC SAFETY REMOTE PILOT sUAS OPERATIONAL RISK

BALLOTS /BALLOTS
PUBLICATION / FUTURE/ REVISIONS
/ PUBLICATION FUTURE REVISIONS
TRAINING (WK61764)
TOR ASSESSMENTINITIAL DRAFT
(F3178-16)

UAS TERMINOLOGY BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS

TOR INITIAL DRAFT
(WK62416)OVER PEOPLE
UAS OPERATIONS
(WK65042) INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
sUAS GEN MAINTENANCE MANUAL
TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(WK62743)

UAS COMPLIANCE AUDITS FOR ASTM sUAS

TOR EVLOS OPERATIONS
INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
STANDARDS (WK62731) BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(f3196-18) (WK60746)
F38.03

UAS OPERATOR INDEPENDENT AUDIT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS

PROGRAM (WK62730)
TOR EVLOS USE INITIAL DRAFT
CASE: sUAS PACKAGE
DELIVERY (WK62344) TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS

UAS GENERAL OPERATIONS MANUAL

TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
OPERATIONS

(WK62744) EVLOS USE CASE: INSPECTIONS

USING sUAS TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
F38.02

REMOTE PILOT INSTRUCTOR

TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
TRAINING ENDORSEMENT

BVLOS USE CASE: ?????? USING sUAS TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
UAS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
TOR INITIAL DRAFT
(WK60659)

MAINT MANUAL FOR LIGHTWEIGHT

MAINTENANCE TOR
& CONTINUED INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATIONBALLOTS / PUBLICATION
/ FUTURE REVISIONS / FUTURE REVISIONS
UAS (WK62734) AIRWORTHINESS (f2909-14)

UAS VISUAL OBSERVER TRAINING TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(WK62741) UAS Traffic Management (UTM)
TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(WK63418)
REQUIRED PRODUCT INFO FOR sUAS TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(WK63407)
UAS Remote ID and Tracking
(WK65041) TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
UAS OPERATOR TRAINING MANUALS TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(WK62733) TOR
TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS
BALLOTS / PUBLICATION
/ PUBLICATION / FUTURE
/ FUTURE REVISIONS
REVISIONS
VERTIPORT DESIGN
TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS
(WK59317)

UAS AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS TOR INITIAL DRAFT BALLOTS / PUBLICATION / FUTURE REVISIONS

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 F38.01 (Airworthiness) Standards Summary
• F2851-10 UAS Registration and Marking

• F2910-14 Design, Construct and Test of sUAS

• F2911-14e1 Production Acceptance of sUAS

PUBLISHED

• F3002-14a Design of Command and Control System for sUAS

• F3003-14 Quality Assurance of sUAS

• F3005-14a Use of Batteries in sUAS

• F3201-16 Ensuring Dependability of Software for UAS

• F3269-17 Methods of Safely Bound Flight Behavior of UAS containing Complex Systems

• F3298-18 Design, Construction, and Verification of Fixed-Wing UAS

• F3322-18 Parachutes for sUAS

• WK56338 Safety of UAS for Flying Over People

• WK60937 Design of Fuel Cells for UAS

IN-WORK

• WK62668 Detect and Avoid Performance Requirements

• WK62669 Detect and Avoid Test Methods

• WK62670 Design, Construction and Verification for Large UAS

• WK63678 Design, Construction and Verification- VTOL

• WK65056 Safely Bounding Complex Functions

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 F38.02 (Flight Operations) Standards Summary

• F2849-10 Handling of UAS at Divert Airfields

PUBLISHED

• F2909-14 Maintenance and Continued Airworthiness of sUAS

• F3178-16 Operational Risk Assessment of sUAS
• F3196-18 Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Operations for sUAS

• WK59317 Vertiport Design

• WK62344 sUAS Package Delivery
IN-WORK

• WK63418 Service provided under UAS Traffic Management (UTM)

• WK65401 UAS Remote ID and Tracking
• WK65042 UAS Operations over People

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 F38.03 (Personnel Qual/Training) Standards Summary
PUBLISHED

• F2908-18 Aircraft Flight Manual for UAS

• F3266-18 Training for Remote Pilot in Command of UAS Endorsement

• F3330-18 Training and Development of Training Manuals for the UAS Operator

• WK60659 UAS Maintenance Technician Qualification

• WK61763 Training for Remote Pilot Instructor (RPI) of UAS

• WK61764 Training for Public Safety Remote Pilot of UAS

• WK62416 Standard Terminology for UAS

• WK62730 UAS Operator Independent Audit Programs

IN-WORK

• WK62731 Compliance Audits to ASTM Standards on UAS

• WK62733 Training and Development of Training Manuals for the UAS Operator

• WK62734 Development of Maintenance Manual for Lightweight UAS

• WK62741 Training UAS Visual Observers

• WK62743 General Maintenance Manual (GMM) for a sUAS

• WK62744 General Operations Manual for Professional Operator of Light UAS

• WK63407 Required Product Information to be Provided with a sUAS

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UAS Industry & Technical Questions

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Membership Questions
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