The European Commission says Europe has struggled to turn its drone strategy into commercial services. Presenting its review of Drone Strategy 2.0 at the EU Drone Summit in Brussels on 10 November, Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said the Commission will present a new implementation roadmap in spring 2027.
Tzitzikostas said the vision adopted in November 2022 still holds, but its implementation has lagged: many trials and demonstrations have not become commercial drone services at the pace expected. His priorities are a single market that works in practice, routine flights beyond visual line of sight in shared airspace, and a more competitive European drone industry.
A Drone Leaders' Group report published by the Commission on 5 November found that member states apply EU rules differently, with some operators waiting more than a year for approval, and called for authorisations that can be used across the EU without new assessments.
