Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) BEYOND and Partnership for Safety Plan (PSP) Programs
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
07/30/2025
11/29/2024
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2028
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2025
375
0
176,089
435
0
33,758
0
0
608,300
The purpose of the BEYOND program is for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to work with state, local and tribal (SLT) governments toward full, safe integration of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). There are eight SLT governments in the BEYOND program currently. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, Section 920, enables the FAA to expand the BEYOND program to include additional SLT governments.
BEYOND participants and other select proponents submit operational data, including monthly flight data, Automated Data Service Provider (ADSP) monthly data, and anomaly data. The purpose of these submissions is to monitor the safety of the flights and the effectiveness of the safety mitigations in place, and inform policy and decision-making related to the risks associated with operations involving command and control (C2) links, detect and avoid (DAA) capabilities, ADSP reliability, anomaly detection, and a host of other categories, to solve challenges in enabling UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.
US Code:
49 USC 44807
Name of Law: Federal Aviation Administration
US Code:
49 USC 106
Name of Law: Federal Aviation Administration
The collection no longer includes the Partnership for Safety Plan (PSP) program participants. The current memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for the program participants do not include reporting requirements. The narrative reports have been removed from the collection. The UAS Integration Office will develop new narrative reports for the expansion of the BEYOND program. When the new narrative reports are ready, an amendment to this collection will be submitted. The collection includes new respondents: proponents that receive operational approvals that contain reporting requirements in the C&Ls, particularly the exemption holders. The reason for adding this group of respondents is for the FAA to be able to monitor the effectiveness of the mitigations required in the C&Ls using a common form. Based on the change in respondents and current data analysis needs, the number of instruments has been reduced from 25 to 6. This reduces the total annualized labor cost for the respondents from $608,300.68 to $24,159.90 labor was inadvertently added in the previous submission but removed from this one. This submission reduces the total annualized cost for the Federal government from $366,764.33 to $216,613. Transitioned from BEYOND Phase 1 to BEYOND Phase 2 by applying lessons learned to improve efficiency and quality of data. The program changes of the agencyâs discretion and estimates are due to the discontinues of the collection of data related to the final, semi-annual, and quarterly reports along with maintenance, test submissions, community engagement, and societal and economic reports. This results in fewer required reporting forms. Additionally, streamlined the flight data request process by reducing the number of required fields.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Automated Data Service Provider (ADSP) Monthly Report