JARUS - Regulation of drones

There are many initiatives such as the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) to make the air traffic of UAS and UAVs safer and more advanced. This deals with the regulation of UAS.

What is the JARUS?

JARUS is a group of experts from the National Aviation Authorities (NAAs) and the regional aviation safety organizations. The group proposes technical, operational and safety-related requirements for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in order to better integrate them into air traffic.

Who is part of the initiative?

JARUS members include 65 organizations, 63 countries, as well as EASA and EUROCONTROL.

Di Antonio and Stewart-Smith currently hold the leadership position. The Secretariat is headed by Secretary General Liu Hao and supported by China, Canada and Portugal. Since the end of 2015, there has also been a Stakeholder Advisory Board (SCB), which reflects the interests of all stakeholder communities in the industry and enables them to support JARUS activities.

SCB members include aircraft manufacturers, the UAS industry, aviation safety organizations (ANSPs), standardization bodies, airlines and aviation associations. The JARUS initiative has organized the activities and assigned them to working groups (WGs).

What does it do?

The first working group, "Flight Crew Licencing", deals with the licensing of personnel on board. While the second WG is responsible for "Operations", the third deals with "Airworthiness". Next comes the group for "Detection and Avoidance" and the group for "Command and Control". The sixth working group deals with "safety and risk management". The last is the group on "operational concepts".

In addition, the working groups can also make use of external consultants for further expertise. However, the consultant must first be appointed by the SCB.

A detailed overview of the tasks of the individual WGs can be found on the JARUS website.