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…

Distant Clouds – Drone Flying on a Remote UK Overseas Territory – WATCH AGAIN

Flying a drone in a remote South Atlantic island has its challenges. Ben Sansom will give a talk about the use of drones on the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena and how they are being used to make decisions and to help save the island’s unique habitat. Speaker: Ben Sansom Director, Arctium Ltd Ben…

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:…

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Update.

Gordon Baker, Policy Advisor, Dept for Science, Innovation and Technology, shared with us his insights on the UK’s Commercial Drone Opportunity, its position within the wider innovation/technology landscape, and the path to unlock the commercial opportunities. ARPAS-UK annual conference, March 2023. To watch the video recording, click below: And the presentation pdf:

DARTeC at Cranfield University: overview and update

Professor Graham Braithwaite, Director, Transport Systems at Cranfield University introduces us to DARTeC and its fantastic facilities. DARTeC is focused on advancing the application and integration of innovative digital systems technologies within the commercial air transport sector. DARTeC aims to address the research challenges facing the aviation industry such as:

Lessons learnt by Consortiq on applying the SORA methodology

Andy Huggett and Chris Janes, Training Managers at Consortiq, explained to us the basics of the SORA methodology, how it can be a very powerful tool for complex operations, and how new PDRAs, possibly following SORA, could be a good way forward for the not-so-complex operations.

Lessons learnt by Airborne Robotics on BVLOS operations in Austria

Alexander Fraess-Ehrfeld, CEO at Airborne Robotics, walked us through the approval process on a practical flight operation to deliver a defibrillator, following the SORA methodology. And the presentation:

Attn UAS/RPAS/AAM manufacturers: JARUS External Consultation – “Methodology for Evaluation of Automation on UAS Operations”

The Methodology for the Evaluation of Automation on the UAS Operations document has been developed by the JARUS Working Group Automation Concept of Operation. The WG believes this draft addresses all the comments from the Internal Review and makes some significant evolutions to the document to make it usable by the JARUS community in supporting…

Key industry players forming the BVLOS Forum, led by NATS and including ARPAS-UK, call on government to unlock the next generation of aviation

The UK’s leading drone operators have called on the Government to change the way uncrewed aviation is regulated, and break down the barriers to uncrewed flight that risk the UK missing out on the ‘drone opportunity’. The comments come in a new White Paper published by the BVLOS Operations Forum, a consortium of advanced drone…

GENIUS NY opens applications for their Start-up Accelerator Program

GENIUS NY is offering an amazing opportunity to scale your business with funding and an immersive accelerator program like no other. Each year, they invest $3 million into five startups, and offer a host of program services – from mentorship to connections to investors, and inroads to customers. What will the winners receive? Applications are open now through May 17, 2023.