[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04077]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 107

[Docket No. FAA-2025-2473]


Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft (sUA) 
Category 2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; ParaZero 
Technologies Ltd. (ParaZero)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notification of availability.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the acceptance of a means of 
compliance with FAA regulations for sUA Category 2 and Category 3 
operations over human beings. The Administrator finds that ParaZero's 
``ParaZero Part 107 Operations Over People Means of Compliance,'' 
version 1.5, dated February 4, 2026, provides an acceptable means, but 
not the only means, of showing compliance with FAA regulations.

DATES: The means of compliance are accepted effective March 2, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    FAA Contact: Mike Thompson, Cabin Safety Section, AIR-624, 
Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft 
Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 
216th Street, Des Moines, Washington 98198; telephone (206) 231-3188; 
email [email protected].
    ParaZero Contact: Boaz Shetzer, CEO, 1 Hatachna Street, Kfar Saba, 
Israel 4453001, +972 50 275 3666; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, part 107, subpart D, 
prescribes the eligibility and operating requirements for civil sUA to 
operate over human beings in the United States. To be eligible for use, 
the sUA must meet the requirements of Sec.  107.120(a) for Category 2 
operations or Sec.  107.130(a) for Category 3 operations. These 
sections require the sUA to be designed, produced or modified such that 
it will not cause injury to a human being above a specified severity 
limit, does not contain any exposed rotating parts that would lacerate 
human skin, and does not contain any safety defects. Section 107.155 
requires that means of compliance with Sec.  107.120(a) or Sec.  
107.130(a) be established and FAA-accepted. Section 107.160 requires an 
applicant to declare that sUA for Category 2 or Category 3 operations 
meet an FAA-accepted means of compliance.

Means of Compliance Accepted

    This notification of availability serves as a formal acceptance by 
the FAA of ParaZero's ``ParaZero Part 107 Operations Over People Means 
of Compliance,'' version 1.5, as an acceptable means of compliance, but 
not the only means of compliance with Sec. Sec.  107.120(a) and 
107.130(a). Applicants may also propose alternative means of compliance 
for FAA review and possible acceptance.

Revisions

    Revisions to ParaZero's ``ParaZero Part 107 Operations Over People 
Means of Compliance,'' version 1.5, will not be automatically accepted 
and will require further FAA acceptance for any revisions to be 
considered an accepted means of compliance. Issued in Kansas City, 
Missouri, on February 25, 2026.

Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, 
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-04077 Filed 2-27-26; 8:45 am]
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