Changes and new release - SORA 2.5
SORA 2.5 was presented by EASA on February 9 and 10. Two workshops were held for this purpose. You could follow the event on site and digitally in a livestream.
Main task
The SORA itself is a model for the determination prior to drone operation. It is a model for risk analysis and for minimizing this risk. The process generally includes Annex A, the compliance regulations and the SORA safety case. This document can be used to authorize drone operations.
The event was primarily aimed at industry and the relevant authorities, as they were to be given a comprehensive overview of the new changes to SORA. As there was much need for discussion and room for interpretation among experts following the publication of SORA 2.0, JARUS revised it in consultation with several institutions and republished it as SORA 2.5. SORA 2.5 is not a new, independent method, but merely contains improved and updated content from SORA 2.0, so that the foundation remains the same. In addition, there were changes and restructuring, which were summarized in a presentation published at the European Drone Forum 2022. The new document can be viewed on the JARUS website.
New with SORA 2.5
Some topics from the previous documents have been reworded and added so that a more comprehensible and clearer version has been published. New additions are Annex A, F, and I. Annex A contains the structure of the so-called manual operator and Annex F a quantitative model for the assessment of soil risk. The last main change to the SORA, Annex I, provides a glossary that clearly explains definitions of technical terms and abbreviations using examples.
