The European UAS Standards Coordination Group (EUSCG)
The EUSCG is a joint coordination and advisory group established to coordinate the UAS-related standardisation activities across Europe, essentially stemming from the EU regulations and EASA rulemaking initiatives. The EUSCG provides a link to bridge the European activities to those at international level.
The main outcome of the EUSCG is the European UAS Standardisation Rolling Development Plan (U-RDP), which is regularly updated to reflect current priorities. This living document helps identify overlaps, align development efforts, and provide feedback to standardisation organisations, improving overall coordination and efficiency.
Tasks and Deliverables
The EUSCG coordinates standardisation priorities and ensures alignment between European and international frameworks. Its main responsibilities include:
- Develop, monitor and maintain an overarching European UAS standardisation Rolling Development Plan (U-RDP), based on the standardisation roadmap developed by EASA and other organisations and inputs from the EUSCG members (including the military), and where needed other key actors in the aviation domain.
- Facilitate the sharing of work among the Regulators and Standard Developing Organisations (SDO’s) thus avoiding the risk of overlapping developments and gaps.
- Monitor all relevant processes, resource availability and other related risks and issues.
- Provide a forum to manage specific issues and resolution of conflicts.
- Advise the European Commission and other organisations on standardisation matters.
To achieve its objectives, the EUSCG facilitates the exchange of information among member organisations, fosters cooperation between SDOs, and ensures continuous information flow with stakeholders.
Interfaces with Other Organisations
In addition to the above, it is recognised that interfaces at different levels with a number of organisations may be necessary to obtain relevant information and provide recommendations. No formal link should be set up, but rather such communication should be organised by the EUSCG Chair/Secretariat.
The EUSCG should take into account information regarding progress and particular issues communicated by international partners. An interface with ICAO and other international major stakeholders and SDO’s is therefore of high importance, without prejudice to existing European coordination arrangements.
A close link should be maintained to EASCG to raise mutual awareness and ensure consistency between the EUSCG RDP and the EASCG RDP.