UAS/RPAS (‘Drones’) on squadron

[JoeBloggs]

@Squirrel

Also Today (via Region):

Urgent-STOP STOP STOP ACTO 75 Indoor RPAS Flying
All Indoor RPAS Flying is now stopped within S&NI, until there is further clarity on the policy and approval process

@Squirrel, is it because of this:

@JoeBloggs

The only odd bit is this:

… ensure an appropriate risk assessment is carried out before any flying takes place. This should be raised and authorised within SMS, as with any other RAFAC activity.

Given this will likely be a parade night activity, it wouldn’t be normal to be raising an SMS event. So some clarity may be needed here @Hercules whether or not an SMS event is actually needed. Under the ‘Aviation’ group, there is no RPAS option anyway, so what would it be under? And given indoor flying is not RtL, it shouldn’t require any higher sign off, in the same way most parade night non-RtL activities are run.