The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has just taken a major step forward to promote drones in India. Just a year after India announced that they would allow experimental drone flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), two consortia, both led by ANRA technologies, have been granted exemptions to operate drones BVLOS. ANRA Technologies, the only company to receive … [Read more...] about Drones in India: BVLOS Drone Delivery for Food and Medicine
Indian drone regulations
India Begins to Build and Deploy Nationwide Unmanned Traffic Management Architecture
India's government is taking steps to regularize commercial drone use, as it begins to build and deploy a nationwide unmanned traffic management (UTM) architecture. India's current drone regulations, Civil Aviation Regulation (CAR) 1.0, lists very specific software and hardware requirements which most imported drones, including manufacturing leader DJI, do not meet. While … [Read more...] about India Begins to Build and Deploy Nationwide Unmanned Traffic Management Architecture
India Moves Forward on Drone Regulations
India's Director General of Civil Aviation has announced the country's policy for drones, effective December 1, 2018. The new policy defines and classifies drones, puts in place a permitting process for operators, and outlines flight restrictions. The DGCA uses the term "remotely piloted aircraft" (RPA) to describe an unmanned aircraft piloted from a remote pilot station, … [Read more...] about India Moves Forward on Drone Regulations