Annex 10 — Aeronautical Telecommunications Volume VI — Communication Systems and Procedures Relating to Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems C2 Link. First edition, 2021.
Standards and Recommended Practices for Aeronautical Telecommunications were first adopted by the Council on 30 May 1949 pursuant to the provisions of Article 37 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago 1944) and designated as Annex 10 to the Convention. They became effective on 1 March 1950. The Standards and Recommended Practices were based on recommendations of the Communications Division at its Third Session in January 1949.
Up to and including the Seventh Edition, Annex 10 was published in one volume containing four parts together with associated attachments: Part I — Equipment and Systems, Part II — Radio Frequencies, Part III — Procedures, and Part IV — Codes and Abbreviations.
By Amendment 42, Part IV was deleted from the Annex; the codes and abbreviations contained in that part were transferred to a new document, Doc 8400.
As a result of the adoption of Amendment 44 on 31 May 1965, the Seventh Edition of Annex 10 was replaced by two volumes: Volume I (First Edition) containing Part I — Equipment and Systems, and Part II — Radio Frequencies, and Volume II (First Edition) containing Communication Procedures.
As a result of the adoption of Amendment 70 on 20 March 1995, Annex 10 was restructured to include five volumes: Volume I — Radio Navigation Aids; Volume II — Communication Procedures; Volume III — Communication Systems; Volume IV — Surveillance Radar and Collision Avoidance Systems; and Volume V — Aeronautical Radio Frequency Spectrum Utilization. By Amendment 70, Volumes III and IV were published in 1995 and Volume V was published in 1996 with Amendment 71.
As a result of its adoption by the Council at the fifth meeting of its 222nd Session on 1 March 2021, the first edition of Annex 10 — Aeronautical Telecommunications, Volume VI — Communication Systems and Procedures Relating to Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems C2 Link was published.
Annex source: Thirteenth meeting of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Panel (RPASP/13).
Annex adopted: 1 March 2021.
Annex effective date: 12 July 2021.
Annex applicable as of: 26 November 2026.
