{"id":120210,"date":"2021-07-21T14:49:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T09:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=120210"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T09:19:24","slug":"what-is-npnt-no-permission-no-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-npnt-no-permission-no-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"What is NPNT? &#8211; No permission, No Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><strong>About NPNT<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>NPNT or \u2018No Permission \u2013 No Take-off\u201d is a <strong>software program<\/strong> that enables every remotely piloted aircraft (except Nano) to obtain valid permissions through digital sky platform before operating in India.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NPNT requires all manufacturers to implement firmware &amp; hardware changes that only allow flights authorized by DGCA to physically take-off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Permission artefact<\/strong>: Every Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) \/ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) sold in India under the regulations published by DGCA for UAS \/ RPAS, must have a secure mechanism built on to the equipment to self-authenticate its permission to take-off. It is made possible through a digitally signed document called a <strong>Permission Artefact<\/strong> (machine-readable) which when read by the equipment establishes its authenticity and permission to fly. This <strong>technology framework is referred to as NPNT<\/strong> (No Permission No Take-off).<\/li>\n<li>The framework plays an important role in ensuring various measure of safety and security of a flight by enforcing UAS \/ RPAS not to take-off without a digitally signed permission from DigitalSky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Also Read<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/draft-drone-rules-2021-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft Drone Rules 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>Rationale<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Security threats<\/strong>: To ward off security threats posed by unidentified drones.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proper regulation of drones<\/strong>: To regulate the drones properly as they not allowed in the red zones and no-go areas.<\/li>\n<li>In the worst scenario, If an NPNT compliant drone tries to breach geo-fencing, the in-built software will compel the drone to return-to-home (RTH).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About NPNT NPNT or \u2018No Permission \u2013 No Take-off\u201d is a software program that enables every remotely piloted aircraft (except Nano) to obtain valid permissions through digital sky platform before operating in India. NPNT requires all manufacturers to implement firmware &amp; hardware changes that only allow flights authorized by DGCA to physically take-off. Permission artefact:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-npnt-no-permission-no-takeoff\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is NPNT? &#8211; No permission, No Takeoff<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-120210","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}