What is the impact of SORA 2.5 on your Operational Authorisation application?
Last December, the Joint Authority for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) published for public consultation the latest version of the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) methodology - SORA 2.5.
The SORA is recognized by EASA as Acceptable Means of Compliance to obtain an Operational Authorisation in the specific category under EU Regulation 2019/947. As a result, EASA will evaluate the new advances proposed by JARUS before making a decision on their adoption in the EU regulatory framework. This process and the potential changes of the EU regulation are not expected before Q4 2023.
So in a nutshell, there is no short-term impact on UAS operators currently involved in the operational authorization process. However, it’s time to prepare for what comes next…As highlighted in Natate Di Rubbo’s presentation at EUROPEAN DRONE FORUM, the SORA 2.5 update improves and simplifies the current version of the framework, making it easier for drone operators to understand and comply with the requirements.
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What do these modifications include?
Business owner in UAS training / Trained more than 50,000 pilots
2 年There is very little attention for small, compact drones which are used very often by operators in the field. The new intrinsic GRC calculation is a problem, causing unnecessarily high scores for drone operations that are considered as 'low risk' under the current SORA. Together with Dronewatch and Helix Aerial Vision we will address this in our upcoming feedback document for JARUS and EASA.
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2 年Thank you for sharing the information and increasing awareness of the draft SORA 2.5. The more informed comments sent, the better the final SORA 2.5 will be.