Nokia Solutions and Networks OY (Nokia), a Finnish company that became known for its mobile phones in the 1990s and 2000s and is now involved in network development, recently announced that the drones they developed have obtained the design verification report (DVR) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regarding the M2 risk reduction measure and enhanced containment.
We have already discussed the M2 mitigation in our previous articles. The essence of risk reduction is that, to reduce ground risks, not only the number of people exposed to danger but also the impact area and energy must be reduced.
In the case of drones developed by NOKIA, risk reduction is achieved on a high level of robustness, which allows a low final ground risk level and thus a wide range of applications. High justification reduces the ground risk level by 2.
According to SORA 2.5, a DVR is absolutely necessary for high validity, which proves that the drone has been designed in such a way that the size of the so-called critical area affected by the fall can be reduced by 99% and the impact energy is much lower than what would occur in the event of a fall, and that these risk-reducing devices work properly without affecting other systems of the drone, and the DVR also covers the operating instructions provided by the manufacturer.
According to the database available on the EASA website, Nokia’s drone joins an ever-growing range of products with DVR. The technical suitability of the drones available here, also certified by EASA, can simplify the operational licensing process.