Over the course of just 10 flying days, SkyLift successfully delivered 5,460 kg of cargo to 94 wind turbines—an impressive 94 deliveries! In one day alone, they moved 1,150 kg of cargo. This achievement showcases the power of precision and teamwork. The 70 kg drones – which have a wingspan of 2.6 m – can…
As part of the Future of Flight Phase III Challenge, the Intelligent Drones for Ports and Highways (InDePTH) consortium envisions a future where the deployment of intelligent drones may be used to support a wide range of inspection and maintenance tasks around national critical infrastructures. Currently, large-scale inspections of critical national infrastructure hold many high-risk…
Railscape Ltd, one of the UK’s leading commercial drone service providers, have developed, designed, and patented the UK’s first unmanned aerial precision sprayer (UAPS). The system, designed to deliver pesticides and herbicides via a sprayer attached to a drone, means a gamechanger in managing locations considered hazardous or difficult to reach using conventional working at…
The remarkable advancement in UAVs has firmly established itself as a pivotal enabler across the commercial landscape and is poised to revolutionise the energy sector. UAVs have proven to be instrumental in streamlining a wide range of operations that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive, labour-intensive and typically constitute a safety risk. Dr-SUIT offers a suite…
Date: Tuesday 10 October 2023 Timing: 12.30-13.45 Venue: virtual As the data guardians of digital engineering, how can surveyors ensure data is collected and managed securely? This lunchtime webinar for ARPAS-UK and RICS Members only explores the importance of professional security-mindedness, data security and information management on infrastructure projects. Speaker & Topics covered:A UK government security adviser…
BT Group and, esteemed ARPAS-UK member SkyLift, recently achieved significant milestones in the field of drone operations in the UK. They successfully conducted demonstration flights utilising fellow ARPAS-UK Member, uAvionix’s SkyLine cloud-based command and control (C2) system, which communicated over C-Band and LTE. These flights accomplished two firsts for the UK’s unmanned aerial system (UAS)…
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, the renowned preserved railway line, has recently unveiled a captivating perspective of its historic tracks. For the first time in its 134-year history, the railway has been captured from the air, thanks to the advanced drone technology provided by Networx3 UAV. The award-winning Matrice M30T and DJI Avata drones,…
PwC: Building Trust in Commercial Drones “Only 43% think industry is using commercial drones effectively”. Recently, PwC UK published Trust in Commercial Drones, an assessment of how industry attitudes to drones have changed over the past three years and the implications for actions to grow the UK drone economy. PwC stated “It was our pleasure to work…
Boeing-backed autonomous flight technology developer, sees.ai, becomes the first company in the UK to secure routine permission from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to fly drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) in non-segregated airspace, on the high voltage electricity transmission network. This permission builds on the BVLOS permission that sees.ai received in April 2021…
Cyberhawk, world leader in visual data management, adopts Intelligent Energy’s IE-SOAR™ fuel cells to offer customers better quality data and increased operational efficiency. Cyberhawk delivers end-to-end capabilities to their customers around the globe spanning data collection, democratisation of imagery and operational insights via analytics. Over 5,000 project managers around the globe rely on their flagship software…