GM8 Article 15(1) Conditions for obtaining a certificate

CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS (CONOPS) — CONTENT

The content of the CONOPS should be agreed with the competent authority, and may cover the following:

(a)     For the USSP and the single CIS provider:

(1)     description of the applicant’s business case;

(2)     when known, description of the U-space environment where the service(s) is (are) intended to be provided (e.g. identification of the stakeholders);

(3)     whether the provision of services is intended in controlled and/or uncontrolled airspace and/or in airspace where both controlled and uncontrolled manned aircraft operations take place;

(4)     description of the infrastructure, and how the availability/continuity of the provision of the service(s) is satisfied;

(5)     operational capacity (e.g. number of simultaneous operations supported, growth potential/scalability);

(6)     specific arrangements (e.g. service acquired from a third party, or through subcontracted activities);

(7)     a description of each of the services provided by the applicant, and the operational functions and design principles that drive the implementation of the services delivered to U-space airspace actors;

(8)     description of the applicant’s ‘functional system’;

(9)     if any, the targeted level of integrity or reliability of the functional systems;

(10)    the technical measures regarding cybersecurity (e.g. authentication means, encryption);

(11)    when relevant, description of previous certification/approval experience;

(12)    declaration of any additional features which are not required to comply with Regulation (EU) 2021/664 (and thus outside the scope of the certification);

(13)    the assumptions on the U-space performance requirements addressed in the AMC and GM to Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/664;

(14)    any other considerations that may help the competent authority to gain a good understanding of the applicant’s use case.

(b)     For the single CIS provider:

(1)     the type of information collected from the CIS, and from which organisation;

(2)     interfaces with USSPs, ATSPs and other relevant entities that are entitled to provide information through the CIS;

(3)     a description of the service and information provided to the USSPs.

(c)      For the USSP:

(1)     whether the provision of services is intended in centralised and/or decentralised CIS;

(2)     how the information is intended to be exchanged with other USSPs and, when relevant, with the CIS;

(3)     the U-space services provided as per Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/664;

(4)     the type of supported operations, such as VLOS/BVLOS, over congested environment;

(5)     how the services are intended to be delivered to UAS operators (e.g. API or HMI);

(6)     the operational limits of their system, e.g. range, altitude, etc.;

(7)     the solution implemented to receive the UAS remote identification.