Safety culture is not just about following rules and ticking boxes; it is about creating a shared value of safety as a core principle within an organisation for its people and the business to thrive. Safety culture is part of a wider organisational culture, but has its own distinct values, beliefs and behaviours. To establish,…
Jenny Ward, Deputy Director of the Future of Aviation Team at the Department for Transport, presented the Future of Flight Action Plan update to ARPAS-UK Members at BT’s Headquarters on 18th April 2024. ARPAS-UK thanks Jenny for her time and willingness to be involved with the Annual Conference. The presentation was followed by a Q&A…
Acquisition & spiral development to realise the UK Defence UAS & RPAS strategy Join Simon Holford, Head of UAS & Remotely Piloted Air Systems Portfolio at Defence & Equipment Support (DE&S), as he explains how UK SMEs in the drone industry can engage with and be part of the MoD’s UAS Programme. The MoD recently…
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced changes to regulations classifying operators of drones and drone services. Going forward, any organisation using or procuring drone services will be considered an operator, with vicarious liability falling to the company director or designated Accountable Manager. This presents challenges for organisations where drone operations are not the core…
Work is ongoing in the UK, Europe and the US to determine the technical standards for systems such as parachutes and flight termination systems that will be accepted as Means of Compliance with safety requirements. Adding these systems to your drones would support OSC approval for higher safety risk operations, in particular to mitigate ground…
In this enlightening interview, Elena Major, Head of Operations at ARPAS-UK, talks with CEO Anne-Lise Scaillierez about the recent drone regulation consultation, focusing on key takeaways like the CAA’s DISCO initiative for digitalisation, the SORA safety methodology, and the integration of CAP-722 for Unmanned Aircraft System operations. This discussion delves into the future of drone…
There are hundreds of eVTOL aircraft concepts currently in development, but what about the development of infrastructure to support these aircraft? SLiNK-TECH is addressing this with their core technology called PORTAL – a deployable vertiport solution that provides integrated flight management at any location. This talk, with John Goudie, CEO & Founder at SLiNK-Tech, explores…
