(1) Reasons for Proposal

Since the authority to receive and approve special flights of unmanned aerial vehicles has been mandated and consigned to the Regional Aviation Administration (amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Aviation Safety Act, May 27, 2020), this amendment aims to complement and improve the shortcomings of the related notification by clarifying the changes to the agency name and application documents for special flights of unmanned aerial vehicles and providing special flight safety standards for aircraft under research and development.

(2) Major Provisions

A. When submitting application documents for special flights of unmanned aerial vehicles and issuing an approval, the authority in charge shall be the president of the Regional Aviation Administration (Article 2, Article 4, Article 5, Article 6, and Article 8). 

B. Clarify the application documents for special flights of unmanned aerial vehicles (Article 4) 

In accordance with the amendment of the Aviation Safety Act, this Notification adds required documents to process both flight approval and special flight approval applications in the airspace within which the flight of ultra-light vehicles is restricted and clarifies documents that meet the safety standards of aircraft under research and development.

C. Provide detailed requirements for special flight safety standards (attached Table 1) 

Reduce the requirements for the collision avoidance system and GPS location beacon in the special flight inspection stage such as night or beyond visual line-of-sight flight; change the brightness requirements for collision avoidance, etc.; add inspection items when performing special flights of the aircraft under research and development; etc.