URGENCY OF REGULATING THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) AS A TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT IN INDONESIAN AVIATION LAW

Abstract

The development of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as a Technology Product is the trigger for the enactment of Regulation of the Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 180 of 2015 concerning Operational Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System in the Air Space Served By Indonesia which was amended by Minister Regulation Number 47 of 2016 concerning the same matter. Such regulation has banned the operating of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on controlled airspace and uncontrolled airspace at altitudes of more than 500 feet Above Ground Level (AGL). The aim of this paper is to review the urgency of regulating the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as a technology product in Indonesian Aviation Law. The research method used in this study is normative. Normative method is utilized to review the urgency of regulating the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as a technology product in Indonesian Aviation Law. The urgency of regulating the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is related to aviation safety in Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 2009 concerning Aviation and other related regulation. Secondary data used in this research consists of primary legal material and secondary legal material.