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UAS Regulations

The CAA of Sri Lanka has published a drone 'landing page': https://www.caa.lk/en/drones which addresses the following items:

Register Your Drone
Apply for Drone Flying Permission
Model Aircraft Flying
Restricted areas
How to Import a Drone into Sri Lanka
Register as a Drone Assembler/Repair, Seller or Importer Organization
Privately Build Drones
Incident Reporting
Regulations
FAQ

The UAS/RPAS/drone regulations are SN.053 (UAS-IS-2022) Requirements for Operation of Pilotless Aircraft (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Unmanned Aircraft Systems/Remotely Piloted Aircraft/Drones); 1st Ed., Rev.03 effective 06.01.2022 Replaced Implementing Standard no. 053,First Edition, Rev.02

[LATEST UPDATE: January 2022, David Guerin]

Last update / 13.01.2022

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Last update / 13.01.2022

Contact info for CAASL

For obtaining approval for operation of drones in Sri Lanka - please contact the following:

Telephone: 011-2358817/819
Email: drone@caa.lk

And as per the CAA SL drone landing page:

Part I - Security Clearance from the OCDS (Mandatory)

Contact details of OCDS:- Tel: +94 11 2674503; +94 11 2674506
Email: ocds.drone@gmail.com

Part II- Approvals from the Other Respective Authorities
• for operations over any archeologically important sites in Sri Lanka, please obtain a “NO OBJECTION” from Department of Archeology.

You may check your location

Contact Detail - Director General of Archeology
Department of Archeology
Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha
Colombo 07
Sri Lanka
ATTN: Director /Promotions
TP: + 94 11 2688326
Email: info@archaeology.gov.lk
Fax: + 94 11 2665882

Other:

Step 2 (Obtaining Security Clearance from the Ministry of Defence)

Apply for security clearance from the Ministry of Defence to import a drone in to the country using below contacts;

Email - modtechnical.branch@gmail.com
Website - http://www.defence.lk

Step 3 (Obtaining Spectrum Clearance from Telecommunication Regulatory Commission)

After obtaining the MOD security clearance apply for spectrum clearance from Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka.

Email - smind@trc.gov.lk
Telephone Number – 0112 689 345; Extension: 4122
Contact Person – Ms. Hiranya Kumarasiri
Website - http://www.trc.gov.lk/

Step 4 (Obtaining Import Control License)

After obtaining above approvals you are required to obtain Import Control License to clear your units from the Sri Lanka Customs

Website - http://www.imexport.gov.lk/index.php/en/