UAE announces phased approach to resuming drone operations

The Ministry of Interior, successful practice with the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, the General Civil Aviation Authority, and different applicable organisations, has announced a phased lifting of restrictions connected drone activities. This program prioritises the information of airspace and ensures the extortion of society, individuals, and property.

The ministry confirmed that the determination volition travel into effect connected 25th November 2024. Entities readying to run drones indispensable archetypal familiarize themselves with each requirements, which tin beryllium accessed done the UAE Drones mobile app oregon the website https://drones.gov.ae/.

This came during a property league held for this intent astatine the Abu Dhabi Police College, successful which Colonel Jamal Al Hosani, Director of the Air Support Department astatine the General Department of Security Support astatine the Ministry of Interior, and Eng. Ammar Al Mazrouei, Director of the First Planning and Standards Department, representing the General Civil Aviation Authority, spoke astatine the property league successful the beingness of media representatives and respective officials from the acrophobic authorities.

To facilitate operations, the General Civil Aviation Authority, successful collaboration with cardinal partners, volition present a unified nationalist level for drones. This interactive hub aims to simplify registration, modulate drone usage, and supply clarity connected operational guidelines. By centralising each procedures, the level ensures greater convenience for users by involving each related entities nether 1 system.

The platform’s archetypal phase, acceptable to motorboat connected 25th November, 2024, volition exclusively cater to companies and authorities agencies. Subsequent phases volition grow services to accommodate different users, including amateur drone operators, with circumstantial timelines to beryllium announced successful owed course.

This inaugural is instrumental successful driving the drone sector's advancement, boosting innovation, and fostering economical maturation successful industries adopting this technology. It besides aligns with the UAE’s broader nationalist objectives, including ‘’We the Emirates 2031'' and the UAE Centennial 2071.

Obtaining operational licenses for companies and agencies

According to the General Civil Aviation Authority, companies, authorities institutions, and entities conducting research, testing, oregon exhibitions tin use for operational permits utilizing the UAE Drones astute application. Applicants indispensable travel the outlined steps wrong the exertion to unafraid approval. Operators are besides required to guarantee their drones are equipped with a distant recognition broadcast system.

For drones lacking this feature, operators tin scope retired to Etisalat via email astatine UAEDrones@eand.com to get a suitable tracking device.

Guidelines for registration and method support

Registration inquiries: Contact drones@gcaa.gov.ae.

Airspace-related permissions: Email airspaceapprovals@gcaa.gov.ae.

Technical assistance: Reach retired via UAEDrones@eand.com.

General questions: Call 02 8140404.

To guarantee nationalist information and support backstage and nationalist property, each drone-related incidents that origin harm oregon airs risks indispensable beryllium reported. Users tin taxable incidental reports by accessing the “Incident Report” conception connected the UAE Drones platform, completing the required forms, and providing each indispensable information. This reporting strategy is designed to amended drone information standards portion upholding the information of individuals and property.

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