India, EU Ink Pact To Collaborate On Unmanned Aircraft Systems And Innovative Air Mobility

India and the European Union (EU) have inked a pact for cooperation in Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Innovative Air Mobility. 

The pact, signed between India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), will focus on collaboration on unmanned aircraft and innovative air mobility between the two civil aviation authorities.

Earlier on 20 April this year, DGCA had signed a letter of intent (LoI) on Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Innovative Air Mobility with the EASA during EU-India Aviation Summit held in New Delhi.

According to the ministry, the MoU will also ensure regular information sharing between the two authorities on the technological developments and research in this area and also their respective strategies for outreach to relevant stakeholders.

Further, the MoU will result in collaboration in conducting conferences, workshops, training programmers by DGCA and EASA in this area, it added.

The ministry expects that the signing of this MoU will result in harmonised standards and accelerated growth of Indian unmanned aviation sector.