AMC1 Article 3(1) U-space airspace

• ED Decision 2022/022/R found in: U-space (2021/664) (May 2024)

AMC1 Article 3(1) U-space airspace ED Decision 2022/022/R AIRSPACE RISK ASSESSMENT The designation of the U-space airspace is intended to enable the safe management of a large number of UAS operations, while ensuring safety continuum as regards manned aviation: (a) The airspace risk assessment should primarily consider the air risk and the related ground risk as a collateral effect of UAS mid-air collisions, and should ensure that the related hazards are adequately addressed. (b) The airspace risk assessment should cover, as a minimum: (1) hazard identification, including safety, security, privacy and environmental hazards; (2) risk analysis, meaning the evaluation of the likelihood and severity of harmful effects induced by the identified hazards; (3) based on the previous analysis, the definition of mitigation actions that should be taken when necessary to ensure an acceptable risk level. (c) The airspace risk assessment should further allow to derive the U-space airspace design, performance requirements, constraints, etc., required to enable safe operations. (d) The reassessment of the U-space airspace should be conducted to: (1) support the introduction of major changes to the designated U-space airspace; and (2) dynamically evaluate its adequacy and adjust its definition based on the experience gained from operations and major evolutions that may occur in its environment (e.g. emergence of critical ground infrastructures, extension of populated areas). (e) The airspace risk assessment process should consider the coordination mechanism laid down in [Article 18](#_DxCrossRefBm1226739972)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2021/664.