FAA COA & Drone Waiver Experts
Skyfire’s team has worked to establish long-lasting working relationships with the FAA. Through these relationships and years of experience both in manned and unmanned aviation, Skyfire has the knowledge and experience to navigate your complex waiver needs. Our team is available to facilitate your filing, navigating the often multifaceted FAA processes and aiding in understanding various FAA requirements. Skyfire is also well-versed in developing Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) and safety and risk assessments in line with FAA guidelines.
By choosing Skyfire for your COA processing, flight over people, part 107, BVLOS, TBVLOS or other specialized authorization or waiver filing, you can expect delivery of your waivers on a truncated timeline. What takes some years to obtain, can be acquired in weeks to months. Our team is dedicated to helping you reach your goals, while you focus on your day-to-day operations.
The first to bring BVLOS to public safety through the support of the Chula Vista PD DFR program.
Go-to consultants for hundreds of clients, over 400 COAs filed and obtained the nation’s first-of-its-kind BVLOS provision for public safety.
Extensive aviation knowledge and experience with over 5,000 hours in manned aircraft over the past 20+ years and a familiarity with the national airspace system and FAA regulations.
Seamless FAA Filings
Blanket COA
Depending upon your agency’s jurisdiction, a blanket COA may be all you need. Blanket COAs provide permission to fly for public aircraft operations in uncontrolled airspace and include provisions for night flight and flight over people. Skyfire has filed more COA applications for public safety than any other consultancy in the nation and with our help the application process for blanket COAs is the most expeditious of the below options.
Jurisdictional COA
Should your jurisdiction lie within controlled airspace, the jurisdictional COA is likely necessary to satisfy FAA requirements. The jurisdictional COA allows for public aircraft operations in controlled airspaces within specific parameters, enabling you access to your full response area where otherwise inaccessible. Jurisdictional COAs also allow for night flight, flight over people and flight above 400 AGL with additional waiver. Skyfire’s expertise in filings ensures that you will meet the FAA’s regulatory requirements on an accelerated timeline and preserve your time to focus on keeping your community safe.
Tactical Beyond Visual Line of Sight (TBVLOS) Waiver
Skyfire offers Tactical Beyond Visual Line of Sight Waivers. TBVLOS waivers ensure that you never have to make the choice between safeguarding human life and line of sight regulations. The TBVLOS waiver allows the pilot in command to fly beyond the visual line of sight to safeguard human life under the condition that line of sight be regained as soon as the emergency has concluded. Skyfire is here to alleviate the burden of paperwork and filings so you and your team can focus on what matters most.
Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) COA
The BVLOS COA allows you and your pilots to fly drones beyond visual line of sight within your department’s jurisdiction, enabling further flight distances and increased economics of drone operations. Through the use of remote piloting software, geofencing and a visual observer, the BVLOS COA provides an increased level of flexibility other COAs do not. BVLOS COAs include night flight and flight over people provisions. Skyfire facilitated the nation’s first BVLOS for public safety and has since obtained more than any other company nationally. By enlisting Skyfire to help you obtain a BVLOS COA, the following will be completed on your behalf:
- Agency consultation and evaluation to determine requirements
- Jurisdictional airspace analysis
- Hardware and software identification
- Concept of operations (CONOPS) development
- Specific operational risk assessment (SORA)
- Applications and meetings with FAA 91.113 waiver team
- Addressing and satisfying requests from waiver team and FAA safety
- BVLOS application filing through FAA’s CAPS system
Let’s Navigate Together
Contact us today to learn how Skyfire’s aerial solutions can help propel you and your team forward.