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:
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:
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…
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 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.
Drones carrying key medical supplies are taking to the skies of Northumberland this week as the trial phase of an innovative NHS project gets underway. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with Apian, a company which has come through the NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme, to explore the use of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to…
In 2022 there were two very distinct and well-attended events that focused on key issues relating to remotely-piloted and unmanned aircraft systems: RPAS 2022 and DRONE ENABLE 2022. There are numerous benefits to be derived from globally-harmonized UAS standards and practices, for both governments and the industry. These annual events provide excellent opportunities to drive consensus and progress…
Award-winning drone insurance provider, Moonrock Insurance, announces the launch of their new drone insurance product, designed to provide coverage for all non-standard drone operations. As a result of the exponential increase in requests for insurance for non-standard drone operations; such as Beyond Visual Line of Sight drones (BVLOS), heavy lift drones, swarm displays and crop spraying…
