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Safety Risk Management Policy of United States small unmanned aerial system

미 소형 무인비행체계의 안전성 위험관리 정책

  • Hong, Jin-Keun (FCTech/Division of Smart IT Engineering, Baekseok University)
  • 홍진근 (백석대학교 미래융합기술연구소/스마트IT공학부)
  • Received : 2021.08.13
  • Accepted : 2021.09.20
  • Published : 2021.09.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to review the small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) safety policy promoted by the United States(US) government. Therefore, in this paper, along with sUAS risk factors, the risk factors of sUAS that the US government is interested in are described. In addition, the risk factors were classified into physical and non-physical factors, and provisions mentioned in the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) Relicensing Act were reviewed. Other risk scenarios were analyzed focusing on target scenario items that the FAA is interested in, such as flight operation disruption, infrastructure damage, and facility trespassing. Of course, we looked at the risk management principles promoted by the US FAA. In this paper, as a research method, the direction and contents of the FAA's sUAS policy were studied and reviewed from the analysis of major foreign journals and policy. In the research result of this paper, by analyzing the FAA sUAS safety risk management policy, the integrated operation and safety policy, physical risk management policy, operation and safety regulation, and sUAS policy and technology direction necessary for establishing the sUAS safety risk management guide in Korea are presented. The contribution of this study is to identify the leading US sUAS safety policy direction, and it can be used as basic data for deriving future domestic policy directions from this. Based on the research results presented in the future, policy studies are needed to derive detailed implementation plans.

본 논문의 연구목적은 미정부가 추진하는 sUAS 안전성 정책을 검토하는 것이다. 그래서 본 논문에서는 sUAS 위험 요소와 함께 미 정부가 관심을 가지는 sUAS의 위험 요인들에 대해 살펴보았다. 아울러 위험 요소는 물리적인 요소와 비 물리적인 요소에 대해 분류하였고, FAA 재허가법에서 언급하는 조항들을 살펴보았다. 그 외 위험 시나리오는 비행운영 방해, 인프라 구조 피해, 시설 무단침입 등 FAA에서 관심을 가지는 대상 시나리오 항목을 중심으로 분석하였다. 물론 미 FAA가 추진하는 위험관리 원칙을 살펴보았다. 본 논문에서 연구방법은 국외 주요 저널 분석과 정책 분석으로부터 FAA의 sUAS 정책방향과 내용을 연구 검토하였다. 본 논문의 연구 결과에서는 FAA sUAS 안전성 위험관리 정책을 분석함으로써, 국내에 sUAS 안전성 위험관리 가이드 수립에 필요한 운영과 안전성 통합정책, 물리적인 위험관리 정책, 운영과 안전성 규정, 그리고 sUAS 정책과 기술 방향을 제시하였다. 본 연구의 기여도는 선도적인 미 sUAS 안전성 정책방향을 파악하는데 있고 이로부터 향후 국내 정책 방향 수립을 도출하는데 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있다. 향후 제시된 연구 결과를 바탕으로 세부 실행 방안 등을 도출하기 위한 정책 연구가 필요하다.

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This paper is supported of funding of Project of Baekseok University

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