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Civil Aviation Authority Board & Executive Committee
Information about our leadership teams
In 2018, she moved into the Safety and Airspace Regulation Group to establish the RPAS Unit.
Last updated: 22 August 2025
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CAP3127: Detect and Avoid Policy Concept – Consultation Response Summary
It set out our initial position on DAA as an enabling technology for scalable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operation of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) within the UK, defining the DAA intended function, standardised terminology and a set of requirements for the DAA assurance and approval process.
Publication status: Current
Last updated: 19 June 2025
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CAP1220 (PDF)
Acronyms Acronyms AGL Above Ground Level ANO Air Navigation Order ARC Airworthiness Review Certificate BCAR British Civil Airworthiness Requirement CAA Civil Aviation Authority CAP Civil Aviation Publication CofA Certificate of Airworthiness CofG Centre of Gravity CRM Crew Resource Management DOA Design Organisation Approval eVTOL Electric Vertical Take off & Landing EASA European Aviation Safety Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration of the USA MTOM Maximum Take-off Mass PPL Private Pilot Licence PtoF Permit to Fly RAeS Royal Aeronautical Society RPAS Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems SI International System of Units SSDR Single Seat De-regulated Microlight STC Supplemental Type Certificate TC Type Certificate VTOL Vertical Take off & Landing CAP 1220 Definitions November 2024 Page 5 OFFICIAL - CAA Use Only OFFICIAL - Public.
Last updated: 25 November 2024
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CAP3139 (PDF)
Doing this will increase the robustness of the overall analysis, with respect to ADS-B. 3.27 The CAA should be directing UAS to use 978MHz immediately, to minimise frequency congestion on 1090MHz (whilst noting that some large military drones may still equip with 1090MHz). 3.28 A wide range of scenarios have been developed for this study, providing a good level of confidence in the results.
Last updated: 11 July 2025
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CAP3010: Annual Report & Accounts 2023/2024
This sentence was taken from a 2021/2022 internal report and inadvertently used out of context– which included the information that, at the time there were ~7,000 active Operational Authorisations (OA’s) and industry predictions of ~75,000 drones flying by 2030.
Publication status: Current
Last updated: 23 July 2025
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Safety advice
Human factors; Preventing technical failures; Avoiding collisions; Winter flying
Three key areas of drone operation where human error contributes to equipment failure are: pre-flight checking; battery and power management; and situational awareness.
Last updated: 10 September 2025
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UK on cusp of next aviation revolution, says UK regulator
Aviation stands on the cusp of the next revolution, the Chair of the UK Civil Aviation Authority will say in a keynote speech on 27 September.
The regulator is working with the aviation and aerospace industry as well asgovernment to support the safe development and roll-out of sustainable fuels, drones and new types of aircraft, which are poised to play a significant role in UK aviation.
Last updated: 19 March 2024
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General Aviation Partnership (GAP)
GAP is an advisory body sponsored by the General Aviation (GA) Unit.
Purpose The objective of the GAP is : To keep the community up to date on agreed re-occurring items (such as progress on the GA Change programme, oversight trends and SSC performance updates) To provide time for specific discussion items where the CAA can understand concerns from the GA community To provide time for specific sectors to update the community on their strategic achievements and challenges To inform the community on any new or relevant topics as they arise Facilitate focused discussion time for feed into future policy making as appropriate Inform the community of our engagement with different sectors Outline The GAP will occur quarterly and will be chaired by Head of GAU and RPAS.
Last updated: 10 September 2025
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Using a RAE(F) under UK SORA
Guidance on how to use an RAE(F)
Using a RAE(F) for the OA applicant The role of a RAE(F) is to assess the flightworthiness of a UAS in support of a UK SORA OA application.
Last updated: 23 June 2025
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AR 2025 5334 (PDF)
Special Use Airspace (SUA).
Last updated: 03 September 2025