NATO FINAS

1
NATO FINAS

• Cdr Max Snow, Royal Navy
• Chairman, NATO FINAS
• EASA UAV Workshop
• Paris, 1st February 2008

2
FINAS

• Flight In Non-Segregated Air Space

3
Active Subgroups
Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD)
Jt Capability Group UAV
Interoperable C2 Data Link Specialist Team for
STANAG 4660
Programme Support Team for HALE MALE NATO Staff
Requirements
UAV Control System Specialist Team for STANAG 4586
Flight in Non-Segregated Airspace Working Group
USAR Specialist Team
4
Mission

• To recommend and document NATO-wide guidelines
  to allow the cross-border operation of unmanned
  aerial vehicles (UAVs) in non-segregated
  airspace

5
FINAS - Members by Nation
UK - Chair
SW
CA
US USAR ST Chair
FR
GE
IT
SP
PO
TU
NL
6
(No Transcript)
7
STANAG 4670 - DUO Training Requirements

• Designated UAV Operator
• Lists skills by
• Subject knowledge areas
• Task knowledge
• Task performance
• Tailored to UAV type and role
• Undergoing Ratification
• Being translated into French
• Public domain

8
STANAG 4671 - USAR

• UAV Systems Airworthiness Requirements
• Fixed wing UAVs
• 150 to 20,000 kg
• Not stand alone broad equivalence with CS-23
• US, UK, FR, NL Ratified with Reservations so far
• Public domain always!

9
USAR - Rotary WingUSAR - Light

• FINAS intend to produce certification codes
• USAR-RW
• based on CS-27
• Italy lead
• USAR-Light
• UAVs lt 150kg
• France lead

10
Study 4685 - Human Factors and UAV System Safety

• FINAS exploring new topic
• Agree objectives and deliverables
• Agree approach
• analyse UAV accidents
• understand HF performance
• make recommendations

11
Sense Avoid Functional Requirements

• Must consider separation provision collision
  avoidance
• Critically dependent on CONOPS
• Ambient probability of collision
• Proposing TLOS 5 x 10-9 collisions/flight hr
• Safety validation needed

12
How can NATO help?

• NATO is NOT a Regulator but..
• Standardisation promotes
• interoperability
• economy of effort
• mutual trust
• Why not use our USAR as basis for civil CS-UAV ?

13
Questions?