scope:

This International Standard establishes guidelines for the design format and data content of an ISO-compliant drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew license in regard to both visual human-readable features and machine-readable technologies. The standard creates a common basis for a Drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew license without impeding the efforts of individual national or regional Drone/UAS related authorities to take care of their specific needs.

It should be noted that not all jurisdictions require drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew licenses.

The design approach of the "ISO drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew license" ISO ID-1 size card is to establish a secure "drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew license, not only for domestic purposes, but also an internationally compatible remote pilot and remote crew license" for both human verification and machine readability.

Existing domestic drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew licenses may be disallowed in and invalid for use in other countries. However, an ISO drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew license would be valid for use in any other country.

The basic document design premises include:

- A minimum mandatory data element set.

- A common layout for ease of recognition.

- Minimum security requirements for both human and machine verification.

- Interoperability of the machine-readable content.

At the discretion of national or regional Drone/UAS related authorities:

- Allows for inclusion of supplementary optional data elements to meet the needs of specific national or regional requirements apart from the minimum common mandatory data element set.

- Allows for additional physical security elements at the option of national or regional authorities and facilitates international procurements.

- Allows for the incorporation of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 machine-readable technologies including ISO7816 integrated circuit with contacts and ISO14443 contactless integrated circuit technology, at the option of national or regional authorities.

- Allows for the incorporation of current and future technologies (including mobile, biometrics, cryptography, data compression) at the option of national or regional authorities.

This Drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew license design yields a document that:

- Provides security features to prevent counterfeiting and alteration.

- Allows authorities to verify the authenticity of the document.

- Integrates the personal data into a secure ID-1 size medium.

- Allows a more reliable identification of the license holder.

- Allows for machine-readable technologies.

Facilitates information exchange and mutual recognition among drone/UAS-related authorities.

Issuing authorities may introduce other functions to an IDrL provided that it does not interfere with the drone/UAS remote pilot and remote crew license function and the requirements of this standard are not compromised.

A drone/UAS remote pilot license is in conformance with this standard if it meets all mandatory requirements specified by each aviation authority.