Command and Control Link Loss Strategy

Verified from official sources
LC6Version 1Effective -Verified 31 August 2026

In plain language

Your Flight Manual must detail a strategy for handling a lost control link, which must include an automatic process to quickly re-establish connection with the drone or ground control station.

Requirement as structured

CAAS states that operators must specify a command and control data link loss strategy in the Flight Manual, incorporating an automatic reacquisition process to quickly re-establish the link.

Original regulatory text

The operator should specify a command and control data link loss strategy in the Flight Manual, taking into account the emergency recovery capability. The strategy should include an automatic reacquisition process in order to try to re-establish in a short reasonable time the original command and control data link or any other available GCS.

Applies when

operation
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