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Scope

Standardization in the field of advanced air mobility and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), including but not limited to classification, design, manufacture, operation (including maintenance), and safety management.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 41 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

7
Affordable and Clean Energy
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
15
Life on Land
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
25

Published ISO standards *

17

ISO standards under development *

26
Participating members
11
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/AG 6   UAS Autonomy powered by AI Technology Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/AG 7   Advanced Air Mobility Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/CAG   Chair's Advisory Group Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/JWG 7   Joint ISO/TC 20/SC 16 - ISO/TC 43/SC 1 WG: Noise measurements for UAS (Unmanned Aircraft systems) Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/JWG 9   UAS Hydrogen Propulsion Systems Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 1   General Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 2   Product manufacturing and maintenance Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 3   Operations and procedures Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 4   Aerospace Traffic Management and Utilization Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 5   Testing and evaluation Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 6   UAS subsystems Working group
ISO/TC 20/SC 16/WG 8   Counter UAS Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 20/SC 16

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 20/SC 16:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 Telecommunications and information exchange between systems ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 Cards and security devices for personal identification ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 1 Aerospace electrical requirements ISO
ISO/TC 20/SC 14 Space systems and operations ISO
ISO/TC 23/SC 6 Equipment for crop protection ISO
ISO/TC 43/SC 1 Noise ISO
ISO/TC 180 Solar energy ISO
ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 20/SC 16

ISO/TC 20/SC 16 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 82 Solar photovoltaic energy systems IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 Telecommunications and information exchange between systems ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 Cards and security devices for personal identification ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Data management and interchange ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20/SC 1 Aerospace electrical requirements ISO
ISO/TC 20/SC 17 Airport infrastructure ISO
ISO/TC 23/SC 6 Equipment for crop protection ISO
ISO/TC 145 Graphical symbols ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 180 Solar energy ISO
ISO/TC 268/SC 1 Smart community infrastructures ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
ACI Airport Council International A
ASD-STAN AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe - Standardization A
EUROCAE The European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment A
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc A
OGC Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. A
RTCA Radio Technical Committee for Aeronautics A
SAE SAE International A
EASA European Union Aviation Safety Agency B
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization B

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
ASTM ASTM International C
GUTMA Global UTM Association C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
2-6 June 2025 Berlin (Germany) ISO/TC 20/SC 16 **
  November 2025 (Japan) ISO/TC 20/SC 16 **

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 20/SC 16 - Secretariat

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