Commercial Operations: Mission Planning and Risk Mitigation
This three-day course is designed for organizations and professional operators establishing, formalizing, or scaling commercial UAS operations. The program emphasizes structured mission planning, operational risk management, SOP development, and standards-informed testing practices to support safe, repeatable, and compliant drone missions across commercial use cases.
DATE: Tuesday Nov 3rd - Thursday Nov 5th, 2026
Course Objectives
• Design and execute mission plans for commercial UAS use cases
• Apply risk management frameworks to identify, assess, and mitigate operational hazards
• Develop and document standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Build compliant workflows aligned with 14 CFR Part 107 and COA operations
• Conduct pre-, during-, and post-flight mission planning
• Apply NIST-informed test methods to assess system and pilot performance where applicable
• Practice advanced flight techniques in controlled and operational environments
• Define team roles, responsibilities, and execution checklists for scalable operations
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