This document is the authoritative specification within the SAE Unmanned Systems (UxS) Control Segment (UCS) Architecture for establishing conformance requirements for UCS products. The UCS products addressed by this specification are UCS software components and UCS software configurations that provide one or more UCS services, and UCS systems that employ one or more UCS services.

The conformance of UCS products is determined by assessing the conformance of the UCS product description to the UCS Architecture. The UCS product description includes test artifacts.