The drone that could only be 'black-flying' for a long time in a management vacuum zone finally ushered in policy-breaking ice, and this also made the 'money route' in this field more visible. On April 9, the Civil Aviation Administration released a message saying that To make up for the management gap, the "Measures for the Management of Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Operational Flying Activities" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") will be implemented starting from June 1 this year. The New Deal has many issues for how UAV operators obtain business licenses, etc. It has been made clear that the company’s operational flying activities will be based on evidence. However, many people in the industry have also noticed that companies like JD.com and Shunfeng have tried to test the domestic drone express business and how to manage drone shipments. In the industry, it has a high degree of concern, but the New Deal clearly stated that it does not cover passengers and goods. Beijing Business Daily reporter also learned that due to different levels of security risks, relevant freight management policies are still in the exploration and evaluation stage.
Policy filling
For many years, Qiao Yan, chief executive of Dajiang Media, engaged in aerial photography in the fields of film and live broadcasting, has been plagued by a problem that companies that use drones to conduct aerial photography activities need approval from airspace management authorities. The business scope of the business registration business license of a company shall set out general aviation flight activities such as 'air photographing', and this registration needs to be confirmed based on the operating license issued by the industry management department. But in reality, such business license does not Obtaining access, even if it is engaged in large-scale national aerial photography projects, cannot be reported from formal channels. As a result, the company has been evading management under various names such as 'flight demonstration' and is in a 'black flying' state.
In the past two years, more and more UAV operators have encountered problems that cannot be forensically encountered in the course of their operations. It is recommended that the civil aviation industry management department should issue the regulations for the management license of unmanned aircraft as soon as possible. The establishment and release of the gap will fill the gaps in the management of the industry. Operational flight activities for unmanned aerial vehicles will be doc- umented and well-documented. 'The relevant person in charge of the Department of Transportation of the Civil Aviation Administration said.
The new regulation makes it clear that the measures are applicable to the use of drones with a maximum empty weight of 250 g or more (including 250 g) in mainland China (except Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) for aerial spraying (spraying), aerial photography, aerial photography, and flight performances. Operational activities such as operations and drone pilot training. The CAAC implements unified supervision and management of unlicensed aircraft operating licenses. The China Civil Aviation Regional Administration Bureau is responsible for the issuance of unlicensed aircraft operating licenses within its jurisdiction and Supervision and management work. At the same time, the “Measures” simplifies the conditions for the entry of UAV business licenses, and only retains corporate legal persons, unregistered aircraft with real name registration, certified training capabilities, and ground third party liability insurance, etc. Basic licensing conditions.
According to analysis by industry experts, the issuance of the “Measures” reflects the demand for the development of civil drones market and marks the first step in the construction of regulations, rules and regulations for civil drones engaged in operational flying activities. Guangzhou Civil Aviation Vocational and Technical College Prof. Luo Liangsheng believes that the “Measures” provide, for a certain degree, the government’s relevant departments and drone companies with legal basis for services such as operational airspace, provide decision-making basis for the government’s classification and hierarchical management of drones, and combine the dredging and control of drones. The way it has changed the status of banned flights in individual places.
Ebb Tide
In recent years, the unmanned aircraft market in China has grown rapidly, and the application of unmanned aircraft in agriculture, power, surveying, security and other fields has become increasingly mature. It is predicted that the scale of China's industrial-grade unmanned aircraft market will be in 2017-2021. Annual growth rate of 30%, and there are many trends in general aviation, cargo aviation and other areas to replace manned aircraft. According to the analysis of data show that in 2015 the Chinese civilian drone market sales reached 1.13 billion yuan. With no With the gradual expansion of man-machine application areas, demand has gradually increased. It is expected that the market size of China's civil drones will reach 3.274 billion yuan in 2018. At the same time, the rapid take-off of the drone industry coupled with the lack of supervision has also brought many security risks. Other issues. Over the past year or more, there have been a number of security incidents caused by drones in the Chinese mainland. The Kunming Changshui International Airport’s air-raiding protection zone has caused many unlicensed drone incidents to continue to cause flight safety problems. Hidden Trouble. For a time, drones have become 'sensitive words' that threaten the safety of civil aviation.
In addition to security concerns, many drone companies are not developing smoothly in terms of capital, technology, and marketing. For the unmanned aircraft industry during the take-off stage, General Manager Tao Liang of Henan Sanhe Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. In an interview with a reporter from Beijing Commercial Daily, he said: “The drone industry has always been technology-driven. At this stage, the industry has entered the era of rough seas and sand. The way to hold PPT to humble investors is increasingly impracticable. If a company does not The core technology or user solutions will certainly be difficult to survive. Of course, for more companies, as the technology matures and the policy is gradually improved, drones will play an increasingly important role, and the road to development will also be more and more important. The wider it is. '
However, one industry analyst who declined to be named pointed out that in order to regulate the drone industry, the Civil Aviation Administration issued the "Management Regulations for Registration of Real-name Systems for Civil Unmanned Aircraft" in May last year. This provision is for the drone product itself. A compliance status, but after the implementation of the Measures, it means that the company can legally operate in compliance, but the industry's flight approval is still in a tightening trend. How to make drones fly will be the future competent authority And the common proposition of the industry.
Still left blank
It is also worth noting that, in the field of drones, the commercialization of freight is a hot topic. At the end of March, SFG issued an announcement that Jiangxi Fengyu Shuntu Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, was awarded the China Civil Aviation East China Regional Administration. The domestic drone aviation operation (pilot) permits. This indicates that SF Logistics drones can use UAVs in the pilot areas approved by the CAAC to carry out logistics and distribution. Jingdong also won the Civil Aviation Administration’s Northwest Regional Authority. Awarding the license. The industry generally believes that after years of development, China's drone market is being taken to new heights by e-commerce and courier giants. Therefore, many industry insiders questioned that unmanned aircraft carry passengers and The new regulations are not applicable to cargo-related operational flight activities.
Regarding the issues of common concern in this industry, the relevant person in charge of the Civil Aviation Department’s Transportation Department also admitted that since unmanned aerial vehicles are engaged in general aviation, the situation is complicated, the safety risk levels are different, and there is a certain degree of uncertainty. The "measures" do not include passenger and cargo categories.
Some industry experts further analyzed that there are indeed some problems to be solved in the development of UAVs in the field of logistics, including how to control the probability of accident risks of drones within a reasonable range; how to make drones stable in all kinds of weather Sex; drone shipments need to fly a lot longer routes, how to solve communication and interference problems.
Beijing Commercial Daily reporter also learned that, in fact, in order to meet the actual needs of cargo drone operations, the CAAC specifically approved two unmanned aerial vehicles in Jiangxi and Shaanxi for logistics distribution operations in August and December of last year. The pilots wanted to explore targeted management models and operational standards that are in line with the operating characteristics of unmanned aircraft, sum up trial experience in a timely manner, accelerate the development of relevant operations and safety management and control standards, solidify pilot results, and export Chinese standards and management models. Initiate relevant legislation to improve the regulatory system for unmanned aircraft management.
'Next, we will assess the degree of match between the cargo class and the relevant provisions of the Measures and decide whether or not to regulate it in the same regulations.' The relevant person in charge of the Civil Aviation Department's Department of Transportation disclosed.