2025-19435: Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned (sUA) Aircraft Category 2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. (AVSS)
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This document announces the acceptance of a means of compliance with FAA regulations for sUA Category 2 and Category 3 operations over human beings. The Administrator finds that AVSS's "Means of Compliance with Sec. Sec. 107.120(a) and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft," revision 6, dated January 7, 2025, provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of showing compliance with FAA regulations.
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Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 190 (Friday, October 3, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 190 (Friday, October 3, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 47969] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-19435] ======================================================================== Rules and Regulations Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 190 / Friday, October 3, 2025 / Rules and Regulations [[Page 47969]] DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 107 [Docket No. FAA-2025-0412] Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned (sUA) Aircraft Category 2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. (AVSS)
Agency
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
Action
Notification of availability. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary
This document announces the acceptance of a means of compliance with FAA regulations for sUA Category 2 and Category 3 operations over human beings. The Administrator finds that AVSS's ``Means of Compliance with Sec. Sec. 107.120(a) and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft,'' revision 6, dated January 7, 2025, provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of showing compliance with FAA regulations.
Dates
The means of compliance is accepted effective October 3, 2025.
For Further Information Contact
FAA Contact: Kimberly Luu, Cabin Safety Section, AIR-624, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, Washington 98198; telephone and fax 206-231-3414; email [email protected]. AVSS Contact: Josh Ogden, CEO, AVSS, 570 Queen Street, Suite 600, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B-6Z6, Canada, +1 (650) 741-1326; [email protected].
Supplementary Information
Background Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, part 107, subpart D, prescribes the eligibility and operating requirements for civil sUA to operate over human beings in the United States. To be eligible for use, the sUA must meet the requirements of Sec. 107.120(a) for Category 2 operations or Sec. 107.130(a) for Category 3 operations. These sections require the sUA to be designed, produced, or modified such that it will not cause injury to a human being above a specified severity limit, does not contain any exposed rotating parts that would lacerate human skin, and does not contain any safety defects. Section 107.155 requires that means of compliance with Sec. 107.120(a) or Sec. 107.130(a) be established and FAA-accepted. Section 107.160 requires an applicant to declare that sUA for Category 2 or Category 3 operations meet an FAA-accepted means of compliance. Means of Compliance Accepted This notification of availability serves as a formal acceptance by the FAA of the AVSS's ``Means of Compliance with Sec. Sec. 107.120(a) and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft,'' revision 6, as an acceptable means of compliance, but not the only means of compliance with Sec. Sec. 107.120(a) and 107.130(a). Applicants may also propose alternative means of compliance for FAA review and possible acceptance. Revisions Revisions to AVSS's ``Means of Compliance (MOC) with Sec. Sec. 107.120(a) and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft (sUA),'' revision 6, will not be automatically accepted and will require further FAA acceptance for any revisions to be considered an accepted means of compliance. Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 30, 2025. Patrick R. Mullen, Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2025-19435 Filed 10-2-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
What this changes
Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
Documents
- Full text (Federal Register) · October 03, 2025
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