UDK: 340.113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30932/2500-1868-2026-58-2-04

Maksim Al. Uvarov - Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Russian University of Transport (MIIT), Moscow, Russia

Abstract. The current paper has considered the experimental legal regime for the operation of unmanned aerial systems in the Russian Federation and substantiated its classification as a special administrative and legal regime. The relevance of this topic is determined by the rapid development of unmanned aviation, the expansion of its practical applications, and the inadequacy of some traditional regulatory frameworks for the application of new technologies. The subjects of the current study were doctrinal approaches to the concept of legal regime, administrative and legal regime, the norms of air legislation governing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as the provisions of legislation on experimental legal regimes in the field of digital innovation. The purpose of the current study was to determine the legal nature of the experimental regime, identify its characteristics, and establish its place within the system of general and specific regulation of unmanned aviation. The methodological basis of the study was formed by formal legal, systemic, comparative legal, and doctrinal methods. As a result, there has been established that the experimental legal regime has a special regulatory purpose, is limited in time, territory and range of subjects, is based on a special combination of permissions, prohibitions, obligations and guarantees, is implemented through public administration procedures and is accompanied by state control. There has been demonstrated that this regime does not replace general aviation legislation, but rather serves as a form of adaptive rulemaking, ensuring the legal testing of new technological solutions under controlled conditions. There has been concluded that the results of experimental regulation should be used to refine the conceptual framework, define liability limits, and subsequently improve the regulatory model for the use of unmanned aerial systems.

Keywords: experimental legal regime; administrative and legal regime; unmanned aerial systems; unmanned aerial vehicle.

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Uvarov М. А. Experimental legal regime for unmanned aerial systems’ operation as a special administrative and legal regime // Transport law and security. 2026; (2(58)):55―67.