Range Safety Criteria for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Abstract
This document provides a common approach for the range commander to make decisions regarding experimental and test UAV flight operations. The criteria described in this document allow the decision-maker to make an informed and defensible risk decision and provide a tool to help answer the question: Is this vehicle safe to fly on my range? Multiple criteria are used to examine flight safety from different perspectives to ensure a thorough review. Different viewpoints reduce the risk of unrecognized hazards and help to quickly identify and isolate deficiencies. The criteria are used to break up the safe to fly question into a series of presuppositions, outlined below. a. Are system hazards recognized and risk controls available? b. How is this range vulnerable to these identified system hazards? c. If safeguards are needed to reduce risk, will they work? The following chapters describe the five criteria along with the conditions necessary to meet them. The criteria are based on guidance from safety specialists, existing reference standards and policies, and established procedures. The supplement to this document describes rationale and methodology supporting the criteria, as well as examples, definitions, and alternatives to consider if the criteria cannot be met.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1054753