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March 17, 2022
The FAA's UAS Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) Final Report, or BVLOS ARC Final Report recommendations, if implemented, will enable the drone industry to scale in the United States, while ensuring safe and equitable access to the airspace for all users.
This report, which presents a collaborative and consensus set of recommendations from across the drone industry, traditional aviation, government, and multiple other stakeholders, is the most comprehensive and safety-focused review of policies and practices ever conducted for uncrewed aircraft systems. The result provides a path to sustained and scalable growth for all aviation--whether crewed or uncrewed.
Wing strongly supports the recommendations contained in the BVLOS ARC Final Report and encourages the FAA to implement them expeditiously. It is an essential step to safely and effectively regulate increasingly diverse skies and will allow the US to reap the benefits of increased drone activity - from improved access to goods and healthcare, sustainability, reduction in traffic congestion and accidents, and more.
The BVLOS ARC Final Report recommendations are grounded in reducing risk, increasing safety, and leveraging the efficiencies of automation in an integrated airspace. It applies FAA-proven risk management and approval approaches, integrates aviation’s most advanced safety technologies, and implements safe and equitable flight rules.
Key areas of focus in the BVLOS ARC Final Report are:
Wing was honored to be included in the BVLOS ARC and witnessed firsthand the thousands of hours of discussion, negotiation, and regulatory formulation involved in this months-long process.
Two key topics for future work, that build on the foundations created in the BVLOS ARC Report are highlighted here:
Wing encourages the FAA to create a path for US adoption of these capabilities which are being used by their international counterparts.
The BVLOS ARC is the most representative FAA ARC to date, and brought together global expertise – spanning policy, government, safety, piloting, engineering, automation, law enforcement, and infrastructure – to deliver the FAA and the American aviation community a path to modern airspace integration and global innovation competitiveness. When considered with the ARC’s two additional recommended measures, implementation of the BVLOS ARC recommendations will provide for the robust, seamless, and safe integration of drones at scale across the nation.
Wing has shown in hundreds of thousands of commercial deliveries and test flights that drone delivery brings immense value to local communities, and our delivery model increases both access to and variety of delivered goods. For example, a Virginia Tech survey of residents in Christiansburg, VA, where Wing operates a delivery service, found nearly 90% approval for drone delivery. Drones are also highly efficient electric vehicles– 94% more efficient than other delivery methods by some measures. Scaling drones across the US allows for new avenues of accessibility and equity, sustainability, STEM aviation careers, business growth, and alleviation of the strains of ground transportation for more communities.
This is the moment for American aviation to move forward in low-altitude airspace and unlock its benefits for US society. Wing remains available to collaborate and support the FAA in successfully building the future of US airspace.