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