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About the Programme
Safer Future of Flight

The Future Flight Standards Programme

We're leading a UKRI-funded programme to enable safe trials, demonstrations and industrialization of new classes of air vehicles through standards.

Programme overview

Supporting the UK as a global Centre of Excellence and driving technology investment to the UK.

Identifying, prioritizing, and developing consensus-based standards.
Helping stakeholders to navigate the future flight landscape.
Connecting the sector and accelerating innovation.

Key Resources

Find out more and join the conversation

Explore our interactive standards landscape tool, industry insights and events, free standards, and an online community.

BSI Flex 1904: Operational Design Domain (ODD) Taxonomy for Future Flight

BSI Flex 1904 specifies the ODD taxonomy for automated, semi-autonomous, or remotely piloted systems on aircraft in the future flight ecosystem.

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BSI Flex 1903: Future Flight Systems – Vocabulary

The standard defines 146 terms and 72 acronyms for Future Flight Systems, fostering shared understanding, communication, and innovation.

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The Future Flight Standards Hub

Be part of our standards centric online community, designed to accelerate the development of Future Flight demonstrators and wider industry innovation.

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Future Flight Standards Programme webinar

Explore the programme, how it relates to government initiatives and regulation, how to get involved, and hear directly from key stakeholders.

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Get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions for the Future Flight Standards Programme.

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