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This final rule is intended to provide a predictable and clear pathway for safe, routine, and scalable UAS operations that include package delivery, agriculture, aerial surveying, civic interest, operations training, demonstration, recreation, and flight testing.  This final rule will be issued in conjunction with the FAA’s final rule. FAA’s final rule provides performance-based regulations enabling the design and operation of unmanned aircraft systems at low altitudes beyond visual line of sight and for third-party services, to include UAS Traffic Management, that support these operations.  The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the development of this rulemaking.  TSA’s rule is necessary to support the secure integration of BVLOS UAS operations into the national air space system.

TSA’s final rule makes complementary changes to its regulations to require necessary security measures on these operations consistent with its current regulatory structure for civil aviation.

Statement of Need:

TSA has proposed revisions to its regulations to ensure that the FAA’s regulation of BVLOS UAS operations under part 108 does not inadvertently create a security gap under TSA regulations.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits:

TSA is continuing to assess the anticipated costs and benefits of the final rule.