AVSS is now taking new orders for his or her PRS-M30, which will likely be delivered to prospects all through Q2, 2025.
The timing of the compliance and product cargo bodes effectively for public security businesses within the USA with the not too long ago introduced FAA Certificates of Waiver (COW) course of for Drone-as-Responder (DFR) in Shielded Operations.
As said in a LinkedIn submit by the Drone Responders management group, this new COW is a breakthrough for public security businesses which have been reliant on the Certificates of Authorization (COA) course of. Beneath the revamped course of, businesses are supplied with a streamlined strategy to approval that has been mentioned to take weeks as a substitute of the prolonged course of beforehand used. On this new COW course of, businesses can undertake DFR by waiving sure provisions of 14 CFR 91.113, 91.119, and 91.155. This new self-select guidelines consists of the supply of an ASTM F3322 parachute restoration system for flight over individuals in non-life saving conditions:
“sUA weighing greater than 0.88lbs. together with all required equipage and payload, will likely be outfitted and operated with a Parachute Restoration System (PRS) that conforms to ASTM F3322-18 or newer normal; provided that requesting to function over individuals in non-life saving conditions.”
When you’d wish to be taught extra concerning the PRS-M30, please go to AVSS’s web site.
ABOUT ASTM F3322-24a
The ASTM F3322 parachute restoration system testing normal was developed by trade stakeholders in addition to representatives from the FAA in late 2018 after greater than a 12 months of labor. The ASTM F3322-24a model is a revised model revealed in December 2024 and elevated the variety of assessments from 45 to 49. The completion of the ASTM F3322-24a testing with a third-party group, together with the required engineering evaluation, has additionally been acknowledged by quite a few regulators worldwide as a key third-party validated take a look at to allow business drones to fly over individuals.
ABOUT AVSS:
Based in 2017, AVSS – Aerial Car Security Options Inc. (AVSS) is a Canadian aerospace firm commercializing drone know-how for City Air Mobility. AVSS’s present merchandise are ASTM F3322 drone parachute restoration methods for business drones, impartial flight termination methods, and precision-guided supply methods for last-mile supply.
AVSS’s retrofit merchandise (DJI M3D and M3TD for Dock 2, DJI M200, DJI MAVIC 3 ENTERPRISE, DJI M300 RTK, DJI M350 RTK) are distributed worldwide by means of their greater than 50 licensed vendor community and bought on to drone producers internationally. AVSS additionally offers direct help to drone producers and pilots who combine the PRS product line for flight over individuals and BVLOS compliance.
