About the project
Drones are slowly integrating into civilian airspace for varied commercial and private purposes. This integration, however, entails potential safety and security threats to society, in the form of ground and airspace incidents, such as collisions, near-misses, and drone sightings near airports. At the same time, these civil drones are being made more autonomous which potentially expands the safety and security implications of their use.
This project studies such implications of drone autonomy and associated regulatory challenges while primarily focusing on the framework regulated by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
It is a part of the research project "RegulAIR: The integration of drones in the Norwegian and European Airspaces" run by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
Project period
The project runs from 2021 to 2024.
Financing
The project is funded by Research Council of Norway (RCN)