AVSS is now taking new orders for his or her PRS-M30, which will likely be delivered to clients all through Q2, 2025.
The timing of the compliance and product cargo bodes properly for public security companies 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 publish by the Drone Responders management workforce, this new COW is a breakthrough for public security companies which were reliant on the Certificates of Authorization (COA) course of. Underneath the revamped course of, companies are supplied with a streamlined method to approval that has been stated to take weeks as an alternative of the prolonged course of beforehand used. On this new COW course of, companies can undertake DFR by waiving sure provisions of 14 CFR 91.113, 91.119, and 91.155. This new self-select guidelines contains the availability of an ASTM F3322 parachute restoration system for flight over folks in non-life saving conditions:
“sUA weighing greater than 0.88lbs. together with all required equipage and payload, will likely be geared up and operated with a Parachute Restoration System (PRS) that conforms to ASTM F3322-18 or newer commonplace; provided that requesting to function over folks in non-life saving conditions.”
In case you’d prefer to study extra concerning the PRS-M30, please go to AVSS’s web site.
ABOUT ASTM F3322-24a
The ASTM F3322 parachute restoration system testing commonplace was developed by business stakeholders in addition to representatives from the FAA in late 2018 after greater than a yr of labor. The ASTM F3322-24a model is a revised model revealed in December 2024 and elevated the variety of checks 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 check to allow business drones to fly over folks.
ABOUT AVSS:
Based in 2017, AVSS – Aerial Car Security Options Inc. (AVSS) is a Canadian aerospace firm commercializing drone expertise 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 their greater than 50 licensed seller 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 folks and BVLOS compliance.