Review of certification methods for unmanned aircraft

Abstract

Certification of high-tech products, such as unmanned aircrafts, occupies a sufficient part of time and material resources for developers and manufacturers, which inevitably leads to the slowdown of production output. The article analyzes the methods of certification of unmanned aircrafts existing at the moment in some countries. It also reveals the existing difficulties in obtaining certification and passing tests to obtain it. In order to simplify the testing, the introduction of digital twin technology as a less resource-consuming procedure is proposed. This article can be useful both for developers and manufacturers, and certification centers.

Keywords

• certification
• unmanned aircraft
• digital twin
• digital model
• flight tests
• airworthiness