DroneX will be held on September 7-8th at Excel, London. ARPAS-UK are the headline partners for the show – and we’re delighted to be so, supporting the drone industry as it progresses.

DroneX will build on the success of the 2021 show, with over 300 exhibitors and 150 presentations. As the show is co-located with Helitech, expect a number of presentations in that half of the show, with particular focus on the sharing of airspace.

Highlights of the show include the ARPAS-UK CEO, Graham Brown, talking alongside Gordon Baker of the the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: Achieving the UK’s Drone Ambition and Some Steps to Achieve the Potential. This talk will be on both days of the show: on Wednesday 7th September at 13:15 and Thursday 8th September at 14:00

In the light of the second PwC report on the importance of drones to the UK economy, there are some considerable benefits that the UK should set out to achieve.

• Drones could contribute up to £45bn to the UK economy
• More than 900,000 drones could operate in the UK’s skies
• £22bn in net cost savings may be realised
• Carbon emissions could be reduced by 2.4M tons
• 650,000 jobs could be associated with an economy that fully adopts drones

Craig Roberts, the Drone Department Lead, will be talking about the report at the Show on Thursday 8th September at 15:30. Come and listen to him to put the report into context.

The report was released concurrently to the UK Government’s ambition statement and vision for commercial drones. The Chair of the Drone Industry Action Group, Professor Iain Gray of Cranfield University said:

This is an exciting time for the UK’s drone sector. My hope is that this report will help demystify drones – showing how they are already being used in a range of settings – and help give businesses the confidence to engage with the UK’s drone innovators and to benefit from these new tools. This report shines a light on some of the more significant barriers to realising drone potential and recommends actions necessary to address them.”

Read the press release on the gov.uk site and the full report: Advancing airborne autonomy

As you can, this is an exciting and important time for the industry. Come to the Show, come and see us on stand D60 and come and listen to these presenations.