Which two units are in charge of drones in China?

You mean flying. If so, the competent unit of the UAV is the National Air Traffic Control Committee, and the corresponding management unit is the air force aviation department of each theater, then the air force base aviation department, and then the air force airport control room. The current civil aviation navigation office does not accept flight applications for drones. So what does civil aviation care about? It is equipment and people, such as the real-name registration of drones, the issuance and management of drone driver's licenses, which are all necessary materials for temporary airspace applications.

We specialize in providing UAV temporary airspace application and use services. If necessary, you can communicate privately. Before the "Interim Provisions on Flight Management of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" was officially released, all unmanned aerial vehicles except Shenzhen and Hainan had to apply for temporary airspace first. Briefly introduce the question of who to apply to.

First of all, you should remember the following sentence: "All airspace in China is managed by the China People's Liberation Army Air Force". Strictly speaking, China's national air defense mission determines the management mode of China's airspace, and our army has gradually formed a national air defense system organized by the Air Force in the practice of air defense operations. Then why do we usually think of civil aviation in the airspace, mainly because people are influenced by the aviation service industry. Civil aviation is mainly divided into two categories: commercial aviation (roughly passenger and freight) and general aviation. Except passenger and cargo aviation, other civil aviation activities can basically be considered as general aviation. Of course, drones are also classified as general aviation aircraft, so the first thing we think of when we talk about drone airspace is civil aviation. In order to meet the needs of economic construction and civil aviation transportation, the army allocated the airspace of civil aviation airports and civil aviation routes to civil aviation, but the air force still has the highest airspace management authority and use authority.

As we mentioned earlier, civil aviation is responsible for managing commercial aviation and general aviation. Therefore, when applying for temporary airspace, the mission of general aviation is first accepted by the Civil Aviation Navigation Office, but in fact, after accepting it, the Civil Aviation Navigation Office will seek the opinions of the military through internal processes, and then reply to the navigation enterprise after obtaining the consent of the military. This shows that the final approval authority for temporary airspace is still in the Air Force.

Then the drone is navigable, should its application for temporary airspace be applicable to civil aviation? In fact, although we classify drones as navigable, because drone pilots are different from real pilots, the production management and airworthiness certification of drones are very different from manned aircraft. Civil aviation has not yet formed an effective management of personnel and drones. At the same time, from the ultimate authority of airspace management, the Air Force approves airspace, and civil aviation cannot allow drones to enter airport clearance areas and routes for the flight safety of airports and routes. Therefore, regional civil aviation administrations simply do not accept applications for the use of temporary airspace for drones. It can be seen that if the drone wants to use the temporary airspace, it can only find the final auditing agency-the Air Force.

As we all know, this application letter should be submitted to the air traffic control office of the theater air force, which is the department in charge of airspace management of the air force. As we all know, troops are not allowed to enter and leave at will, and it is usually necessary to contact the staff in advance before submitting the application materials. After the application materials are submitted, the above-mentioned administrative departments will review them. Whether to approve or not depends mainly on your flight activity area, mission nature, flight altitude, etc. The approval time is as short as 1 week and as long as 1 month. After approval, you will get a formal red-headed reply.

It should be pointed out that if unmanned aerial vehicles are used to image the ground, such as aerial photogrammetry, terrain data collection, geophysical exploration and other flight activities, it is necessary to obtain the mission permission of the Theater Operations Bureau, and then apply to the Theater Air Traffic Control Office for temporary airspace. The reason is that ground imaging involves the confidentiality of national geographic information, and it is necessary to apply for task approval in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Surveying and Mapping Law.