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SORA Readiness Toolkit
A working pack for drone operators preparing a Specific Operations Risk Assessment under SORA 2.5. It contains the document skeleton an application needs, editable worksheets for the ground risk, air risk, SAIL and OSO steps, a containment and ERP section, and a gap checklist for reviewing an assessment before it is submitted. It is written to be filled in, not read.
Problem
An operator moving into the specific category has to produce a SORA that holds together across ten steps, and the version of the method changed under them. SORA 2.5 relocated the emergency response requirement, moved the VLOS credit, rebuilt containment and reordered the operational safety objectives, so material written for 2.0 no longer maps cleanly. Most operators start from a blank document and discover the gaps when the authority asks.
Outcome
The operator can assemble a complete SORA 2.5 submission in their own words, with each step accounted for, and can see before they submit which parts of their own argument are thin.
What’s included
Six editable documents and four worksheets, supplied as DOCX, XLSX, PDF and ZIP
- A SORA application document skeleton in DOCX, structured to the SORA 2.5 steps, with guidance notes in each section explaining what an assessor is looking for
- A ConOps template in DOCX covering the operational description the assessment rests on
- A ground risk worksheet in XLSX, covering intrinsic ground risk class and the M1 and M2 mitigations, with the ground-observation credit handled as M1(C), separately from VLOS itself
- An air risk worksheet in XLSX, covering the airspace encounter category, strategic and tactical mitigation, and the residual air risk class
- A SAIL and OSO worksheet in XLSX, listing the SORA 2.5 objective references, with space to record the robustness required at your SAIL and the evidence offered for each objective
- A containment section in DOCX, written to the 2.5 structure of operational limits plus a containment performance level
- An emergency response plan outline in DOCX, positioned against OSO number 8 where SORA 2.5 places the requirement
- A pre-submission gap checklist in XLSX for reviewing an assembled assessment
- A short written guide in PDF explaining how the parts fit together and what changed between SORA 2.0 and 2.5
- An AI walkthrough brief in DOCX, for a buyer’s own AI assistant, that walks the other eight documents field by field, records the buyer’s own answers, and never answers a field the SORA method reserves for the buyer to read from the JARUS/EASA annexes
Who it’s for
- Drone operators applying for an operational authorisation in the specific category
- Safety and compliance staff at small and medium operators without a dedicated SORA specialist
- Operators holding an authorisation granted under SORA 2.0 who must move to 2.5
Price
The entry price is EUR 149 / NOK 1 590, excluding value added tax.
| Licence | One-off, excluding MVA | Optional annual updates, excluding MVA | One-off in Norway, including 25% MVA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal, one named user | EUR 149 / NOK 1 590 | EUR 49 / NOK 520 | NOK 1 987.50 |
| Organisation, one legal entity | EUR 399 / NOK 4 290 | EUR 129 / NOK 1 390 | NOK 5 362.50 |
Personal to Organisation upgrade, for the difference between the two current list prices: EUR 250 / NOK 2 700, excluding value added tax.
The purchase is perpetual and the update subscription is optional. If you subscribe, you receive revised files when the regulatory baseline changes; if you let it lapse, you keep everything you already have. A lapsed subscription costs you updates, never access.
Licence and VAT
Personal, one named user and Organisation, one legal entity. Both are one-off and perpetual: you keep the files.
How merverdiavgift is charged
The seller is RMX DRIFT AS, organisation number 931 140 574, registered for merverdiavgift in Norway. Every product here is an electronic service for MVA purposes, so the rate is decided by where you are established and whether you are buying as a business or as a private individual.
If you are in Norway, you are charged 25 per cent MVA on top of the kroner list price. The final column above is that total, and it is the amount a private buyer in Norway pays. A Norwegian business or public body is charged the same 25 per cent and can normally reclaim it as input MVA through its own return, so the ex-MVA column is the real cost to you.
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What this is not
- This is not a completed SORA and cannot be submitted as one. Every assessment is specific to one operation and must be written by the operator.
- It does not cover operations in the open category, or operations that fit a standard scenario or a published PDRA, where the SORA route is not required.
- It does not cover certified-category operations.
- It covers the Article 12 application to the competent authority in the operator’s own state of registration. It does not cover the separate process for recognising or re-authorising an operation in a different member state.
- It is not an authority submission service, and it contains no authority correspondence.
- It does not assess or approve any individual operation.
FAQ
Can I submit this directly to Luftfartstilsynet as my SORA?
No. This is not a completed SORA and cannot be submitted as one — every assessment is specific to one operation and must be written by the operator. This toolkit gets you to a complete draft in your own words.
Is this written for SORA 2.0 or SORA 2.5?
SORA 2.5. If you hold an authorisation granted under SORA 2.0, this toolkit is written for the move to 2.5, since 2.0 was only accepted for new applications until 31 March 2026.
Does this cover open-category or certified-category operations?
No. It only covers the specific category — operations requiring an operational authorisation under Article 12. Open-category operations and certified-category operations aren’t covered.
Does this cover authorisations in another EU member state?
No. It covers the Article 12 application to the competent authority in your own state of registration, not the separate process for recognising or re-authorising an operation elsewhere.
What do I need to open the files?
Microsoft Word 2016 or later (or any DOCX-compatible editor), Microsoft Excel 2016 or later (or any XLSX-compatible editor), and any PDF reader. The DOCX and XLSX files are the working copies; the PDF is a reading copy only.
Can I share this with other organisations?
No. The licence is single-organisation with no redistribution.