Two drone companies get DGCA certification

25 Jun 2019

Two drone companies get DGCA certification

Two drone companies get DGCA certificationSkylark Drones and Throttle Aerospace Systems, two companies from Bengaluru are the first ever to receive drone certification from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Around 6 companies had applied for the certification* but only Skylark and Throttle got it.
 	Both the firms got the certification under the visual line of sight (VLOS) category, which means that the drones have to be operated within a distance from where the operator can see it.
 	Skylark plans to use drones for surveillance (used for observation like CCTV), geospatial mapping (technology used to develop maps) and other applications.
 	Throttle Aerospace Systems plans to manufacture its drones and sell it.

DGCA certification

DGCA is a government body, which takes care of rules and regulations to be followed by private aircraft.
 	In 2018, DGCA announced the Digital Sky policy.
 	Under this policy, there will be a software platform called NP-NT (no permission, no take off). All drone operators can operate only after they get access to this platform, which will come after DGCA certification.
 	Any drone company in India will be able to operate only after receiving the certification from DGCA.

Drones have been in the news recently and even food companies are trying to use it.

*Certification: Official document giving permission to operate

Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons

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