Lesson 3 - Regulatory framework for UAM deployment
Channel: ASSURED-UAM Project
Date: 2023-04-27

In this third lesson of the overview course from the EU ASSURED-UAM project, the regulatory framework for UAM deployment will be discussed.
The first part of the lesson will outline the present and future regulations or standards concerning manned and unmanned freight and passenger transport in overpopulated urban areas. These regulations are divided into several topics to analyse them further. A part of that analysis is the synthesis of the target level of safety. This is done to propose a target level of safety for UAM operations with the inclusion of third-party risk considerations. Encountered aspects considered to be missing are reflected in the regulatory review.
The second layer of the lesson focuses on identifying the strongest factors and trends with the help of this regulatory basis. The important factors are retrieved by looking at the impact of the regulations on UAM. They are then analysed by looking at key points where bottlenecks may arise. The impact of the regulations on UAM is divided into three perspectives: the industry (vehicle) perspective, the operations perspective, and the cities perspective. Finally, the trends are described in terms of the implementation of UAM in our current society considering the current regulations and standards reviewed in the earlier steps.