Future of Flight

F1 specialist MGI Engineering launches autonomous cargo drones

MGI Engineering CEO Mike Gascoyne and one of the Mosquito drones (Credit: MGI Engineering) Formula One specialist MGI Engineering has revealed two cargo drone technology demonstrators, using its motorsport mindset to tackle challenges in the sector. The Mosquito UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were unveiled by the Oxfordshire firm today (19 April) at the eVTOL Insights’ London Conference….

Drone Enable 2023 – ICAO’s UAS Industry Symposium

DRONE ENABLE 2023 is ICAO’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Symposium with the theme “Innovation and infrastructure developments supporting the future of unmanned aviation“. The symposium will take place in Montréal, Canada from 5 to 7 December 2023, bringing together key stakeholders from the unmanned aviation sector to exchange research, best practices, and challenges. The deadline…

UTM Deployment Best Practices and Lessons Learned

DATE & TIME:  14 November 10:00 – 11:30 EST As a follow up to the DRONE ENABLE 2022 Request for Information, this Webinar will focus on the latest developments in the UTM domain, particularly from subject matter experts with practical experience in the implementation of UTM systems. The speakers will provide their insight from UTM deployments, which will…

UTM Financial Sustainability Strategies

DATE & TIME:  18 September 10:00 – 11:30 EST Now that several States, organizations and industry members have begun implementing UTM Systems and offering UTM services, the question of how such services can be sustained from a financial perspective remains open. This webinar will look at business models for UTM, as well as associated ownership options,…

UTM as an Enabler for Collaborative Operating Environment

DATE & TIME:  30 May 10:00 – 11:30 EST A collaborative operating environment could be seen as a volume of airspace with intermixed operations between small unmanned aircraft (UA), complex BVLOS UA, at scale, other new entrants under the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) umbrella as well as existing manned aircraft in the lower airspace. The webinar…

Getting closer to urban and BVLOS operations –reflections from recent flight testing at Cardiff and Heathrow airports – WATCH AGAIN

Flare Bright has undertaken several trials under the UKRI Future Flight programme and the Connected Places Catapult Future of Air Mobility Accelerator. This webinar explains some of the learnings from flying its software-enhanced IMUs (giving GPS-free capability and redundancy) in various UK locations; and validating wind measurement predictions using its nanodrone. Flight tests have been…

Talk To The Eye In The Sky: Cambridge Wireless Event

29 March 2023: 10.30am – 4pm Location: TTP, Melbourn Science Park, Melbourn, SG8 6EE Join the Radio Technology SIG at their next in-person event where they will explore the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles industry, to establish the current landscape, the technology needs to evolve and hear from successful examples of UAVs being deployed in real-life. About:…