UAS – Unmanned Aircraft System
With ever increasing demand Drones are becoming a very important part of our life cycle with wide-ranging applications, from photography to agriculture, from infrastructure asset maintenance to insurance.
Drones can vary in size from very small to those that can carry a high payload. Hence it is very important that there should be an adequate control defined based on present guidelines. Hence the DGCA(Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has signed a Memorandum to establish a mechanism for cooperation with the Quality Council of India (QCI), to develop and operate a Certification scheme for UAS – Unmanned Aircraft System as per the Technical Standards defined by DGCA for UAS, with procedures ,required standards and specifications for Third Party Conformity Assessment systems under the scheme, as the Scheme owner.
CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Use of Logo Guidelines
Agreement for Use of UAS Certification Mark - Annexure II
Annex A GTCS (2020)
Application for Permission to Use the Certification Mark – Annexure I
Certification Criteria and the Number of samples to be evaluated
Checklist for flight Testing
Guidelines for Flight Testing
Impartiality and Non-Discrimination
Information on Certification Process
Organisation, Structure, Liability & Financing
Procedures for Handling Complaints and Appeals
Proposal for Certification agreement
Rights and Duties of Certified Client & Rules for use of Certification Mark
UAS - Application Form D1
UAS - Additional Application Form SF 1
UAS - Guidelines for Certification Criteria
UAS - Instructions to filled the Application Form D1
UAS - Man-day Calculation
UAS - Scheme Certification Fees Structure
UAS Directory of Certified-UAS
UAS Scheme Certification process