The Polish Air Navigation Agency (PANSA) announced on February 27 that it has received authorisations that will increase supervision of the uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) sector.
Based on amended provisions of aviation law, PANSA has been given the authority to introduce geographical zones for UAS flights. This includes specifying places in the airspace where no drone will be allowed to appear. A detailed framework for the implementation of this authority will be developed which will specify the types of geographical zones, elements of the application for designation of the zone, and the method and procedure for its consideration.
In addition, the amendment to the aviation law includes the obligation to report the intention to perform UAS operations. This can be done through PANSA’s DroneTower application.
PANSA says the Polish UAS market is developing “very dynamically”. According to data from the Polish Civil Aviation Authority, at the end of 2024, there were almost 303,000 UAS operators registered in the country. “This means that last year there was a further strong increase not only in the number of operators (36 percent), but also in the interest of UAS users in performing operations and PANSA systems. Over the course of 12 months, these systems recorded 814,413 UAS operations for which check-ins were created, which means a nearly 22 percent increase year-on-year. The first weeks of 2025 already show a significant increase compared to the same period in 2024, which heralds another record number of flights in 2025.”
The agency adds that further facilities and systems are being developed and manufactured, and many of them will be delivered to users in 2025.
“In 2025, we are not slowing down – we plan to release new systems and further expand existing solutions with new functionalities,” said Maciej Włodarczyk, head of the UTM Systems Development Center and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations at PANSA. “One of the first novelties that appeared in early January is the possibility of inviting users to the new KSID Mission Creator tool by the operator. This functionality has successfully passed several months of tests in a group of external users. In 2025, we also plan to introduce the system dedicated to designating geographical zones, based on the amended provisions of aviation law.”
The current mission creator available in the PansaUTM system will be deactivated later this year, which will mean a full transition to the mission planner, available in KSID. This tool offers users intuitive operation and system tips as well as immediate automatic acceptance of most flight plans, and in addition, with regard to beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights, the minimum advance time for submitting a mission has been reduced from three working days to six hours.
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