STANDARDS & GUIDANCE
Start with the source.
A source library for the founding edition. Guidance, research and roadmaps carry different authority; none should be mistaken for approval of a particular operation.
For compliance decisions, verify the authoritative edition, jurisdiction and applicability. The summaries on this site are not a regulatory interpretation service.
Research reportNASA · IASMS drone-safety experiments (2 April 2025)
Project statusNASA · System-Wide Safety project archive
Official guidance overviewICAO · Safety Intelligence Manual (Doc 10159)
Official guidance overviewICAO · Safety Management Manual (Doc 9859)
Official explanationFAA · The four SMS components
Roadmap, not operational approvalEASA · Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2.0 (2023)
NPA consultation context, not adopted lawEASA · First AI regulatory proposal opened for consultation (10 November 2025)
Consensus study reportNational Academies · In-Time Aviation Safety Management (2018)
Research paperNASA NTRS · IASMS Concept of Operations for AAM · publication date to reconfirm
Research presentationNASA NTRS · IASMS overview · publication date to reconfirm
Research paperNASA NTRS · IASMS Concept of Operations for Upper Class E airspace · publication date to reconfirm
Research paperNASA NTRS · Assessment of IASMS-relevant data sources (2024)
Research paperNASA NTRS · IASMS for autonomous wildland firefighting operations (2025)
Work item · current status to reconfirmASTM International · Work item WK93681
Official rules, acceptable means of compliance and guidance materialEASA · Easy Access Rules for Information Security · revision December 2025
Authoritative cybersecurity research taxonomy · not aviation regulationNIST · Adversarial Machine Learning: A Taxonomy and Terminology of Attacks and Mitigations (March 2025)
Company announcement · milestone and operating details are self-reportedJoby Aviation · Autonomous flight across the United States (18 September 2026)
Company explanation of supervised-autonomy modelJoby Aviation · Autonomous aircraft begins cross-country tour (10 September 2026)
Official programme descriptionFAA · Administrator testimony describing FMDS and SMART (15 September 2026)
Supplier announcement · contract and deployment claimsAir Space Intelligence · FAA modernisation contract announcement (22 June 2026)
Supplier product descriptionAir Space Intelligence · Air Traffic Management product overview
News report · reported rollout timingThe Wall Street Journal · U.S. to launch AI-powered tool for air-traffic control (18 September 2026)