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Scope

Standardization in the field of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) including, but not limited to, classification, design, manufacture, operation (including maintenance) and safety management of UAS operations.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 16 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

7
Affordable and Clean Energy
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
4

published ISO standards *

under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 20/SC 16

25

ISO standards under development *

under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 20/SC 16

21

Participating members

8

Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/AG 4 Collision avoidance Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 1 General Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 2 Product manufacturing and maintenance Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 3 Operations and procedures Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 4 UAS Traffic Management Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 5 Testing and evaluation Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 6 UAS subsystems Working group

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 20/SC 16

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 20/SC 16:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 Cards and security devices for personal identification ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 1 Aerospace electrical requirements ISO
ISO/TC 23/SC 6 Equipment for crop protection ISO
ISO/TC 180 Solar energy ISO
ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 20/SC 16

ISO/TC 20/SC 16 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 Telecommunications and information exchange between systems ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 Cards and security devices for personal identification ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Data management and interchange ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 1 Aerospace electrical requirements ISO
ISO/TC 20/SC 17 Airport infrastructure ISO
ISO/TC 23/SC 6 Equipment for crop protection ISO
ISO/TC 145 Graphical symbols ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 180 Solar energy ISO
ISO/TC 268/SC 1 Smart community infrastructures ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym Title Category
ACI Airport Council International A
ASD-STAN AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe - Standardization A
EUROCAE The European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment A
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc A
OGC Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. A
SAE SAE International A
EASA European Union Aviation Safety Agency B

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
GUTMA Global UTM Association C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
18-19 November 2020 Virtual ISO/TC 20/SC 16  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 20/SC 16 - Secretariat

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