The National Business Aviation Association is surveying members to prepare a coordinated response to the FAA’s Part 108 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operations, ahead of the public comment deadline on October 5, 2025. NBAA seeks to influence operational and safety provisions that will affect business aviation.
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The FAA’s Part 108 package will define airspace access, operational limits and certification pathways for BVLOS — the outcome will determine how quickly commercial drone services scale in U.S. airspace. See the FAA’s recent regulatory package here: https://hype.aero/?story=e6a9b5d5-5d90-4ffb-bd26-3409c46adf3d
NBAA’s coordinated input can shape requirements for command-and-control, detect-and-avoid and operational integration that affect aircraft operators, avionics suppliers and MRO providers; note recent FAA authorizations for BVLOS research that inform those safety cases: https://hype.aero/?story=b7603a87-6c7c-49b3-b417-f6e0f81cf2b7
Regulatory choices will also influence dual-use opportunities demonstrated in recent BVLOS logistics and cargo trials, which signal market and defense applications the rule could enable: https://hype.aero/?story=198155b7-353b-4b87-bf3f-07634f15ae31
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• Charles Alcock