NATO AEP-107 PDF

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

This document provides certification requirements to be complied with in order to certify an SAA system and performance metrics to be demonstrated in order to approve SAA system equipped UAS operations in a designated airspace. The certification requirements are defined for the SAA system and are made up of functional requirements and installation/integration requirements into the UAS. The performance requirements are defined for an SAA equipped UAS operating in its intended environment.

This performance-based standard (PBS) is SAA system, UAS and airspace agnostic. It supports:

a. The airworthiness certification of an SAA system (Chapter 3)

a. Generic functional requirements independent of the intended UAS airspace of operations (Section 3.2)

b. Functional requirements to be further specified for the intended UAS airspace of operations (Section 3.2)

c. Installation & integration requirements (Section 0)

b. The operational approval through the demonstration of the airspace safety performance metrics achieved by the SAA system equipped UAS, appropriately validated in the designated operational environment. (Chapter 2)

Requirements as part of the PBS stated as shall and must are considered as an imperative when citing this STANREC as a certification basis. Requirements stated as should are considered to be recommendations.

Performance metrics are a quantitative definition of the required airspace safety level performance and dictate the specification of the functional requirements for the intended UAS airspace of operations.

Is criteria are used for specific UA features, external to the SAA system, in order for the UAS to be eligible for the operational safety demonstration.

Note that references are defined in the text when necessary. If a reference to a specific document version is necessary, the version is explicitly defined; otherwise, the most recent version of the reference should be used.