The CAA has published CAP3008 – our guide for operators who wish to carry out UAS BVLOS operations in the Specific Category in the UK under current regulations. The guide describes a number of current operational pathways for operating BVLOS, the authorisations and approvals required and the expected timelines. To help operators better understand these pathways, CAA…
uAvionix, a leader in aviation surveillance solutions, announces the integration of its FlightLine surveillance services with Volant Autonomy’s advanced ITM (Integrated Traffic Management) system for ALIAS (Agile and Integrated Airspace System), a leading-edge UK Government $5M Future Flight Phase III project. The collaboration, showcased in the Channel Islands, is an important step forward in advancing the…
HexCam can now fly BVLOS-VM (BVLOS with Visual Mitigation) out to 9km from a Remote Pilot – a great step on its journey towards fully BVLOS flights. HexCam’s journey towards carrying out drone survey flights Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) received a major boost and reached a significant milestone today with the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) full approval of…
The UK’s first permanent vertiport will be officially unveiled tomorrow in Llanbedr, North Wales. SLiNK-TECH designed the first vertiport of its kind in the UK, the launch of which marks a significant milestone for the UK drone industry. Snowdonia Aerospace Centre (SAC) purchased PORTAL in January and completed installation last week. The advanced landing solution…
Philip Hicks, partner at Campaign Catapult and Principal Consultant and Founder of Pravo Consulting reports on the latest milestones achieved by industry drone and sensor experts and academics in the pursuit of mixed use air space and safe operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations have taken a step forward in the…
uAvionix, a leading provider of command, navigation, and surveillance technologies for drones, today announced that the Oswego City Police Department’s Drone as a First Responder (DFR) program has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) without Visual Observers (VOs) using the uAvionix Casia G ground-based detect-and-avoid (DAA) system….
We ran out of time at the ARPAS-UK Annual Conference 2024 – due to some excellent discussions in previous sessions and weren’t able to run this session. We promised to run a webinar on Risk Quantification and the next steps for the BVLOS Special Interest Group and this is it. In addition the JARUS SORA…
Partnership will integrate satcom and ultra-low bandwidth video streaming solutions, enhancing BVLOS operations for UAV operators 18th April, UK: Gotonomi, a UAV satellite connectivity platform provider, and Videosoft, developers of video streaming solutions, today announced a partnership that will simplify video live-streaming over satellite for UAV operators. By integrating Videosoft’s low-bandwidth video software with Gotonomi’s Velaris Multi-Link…