Guidance

Contractor Flying Approved Organizations Scheme (Basic Remotely Piloted Air Systems) (CFAOS(BR))

Information about the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) contractor Flying Approved Organization Scheme (Basic Remotely Piloted Air Systems) (CFAOS(BR)).

Documents

Guidance for CFAOS(BR) approval

MAA CFAOS(BR) form 2: application for CFAOS(BR)

MAA CFAOS(BR) form 4: application for RPAS accountable manager endorsement

Details

The Contractor Flying Approved Organizations Scheme (Basic Remotely Piloted Air Systems) (CFAOS(BR)) is the mechanism by which the competence of defence contractor flying organizations operating UK military registered Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) in the Open Category and Specific S1 sub-category is approved and assured.

Such organizations should be approved in accordance with Regulatory Article (RA) 1031; this RA also includes wider/supporting detail applicable to the CFAOS(BR).

CFAOS(BR) organizations will be subject to periodic on-site review, based on risk, by the MAA CFAOS branch.

Please note any specimen documents prepared by the MAA are for the guidance of those organizations applying for approval under the CFAOS(BR). It is the applicant organization’s responsibility to ensure evidence submitted in support of their application is to the latest MAA Regulatory Publication.

View list of Approved Organizations within the scheme.

For further information please contact the CFAOS team:

MAA Operating Assurance
CFAOS
Juniper Level 1 Wing 3 # 5102
Abbey Wood North
BRISTOL
BS34 8QW

Email: DSA-MAA-OpAssure-CFAOS-GROUP

Updates to this page

Published 15 January 2021
Last updated 14 May 2024 + show all updates
  1. Version 3 of the Contractor Flying Organization Exposition (Basic Remotely Piloted Air Systems) (CFOE(BR)) has been published.

  2. Version 2 of the Contractor Flying Organization Exposition (Basic Remotely Piloted Air Systems) (CFOE(BR)) has been published.

  3. First published.

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