ICAO DRONE ENABLE Symposium 2022 Location: ICAO HQ, Canada DRONE ENABLE 2022 will focus on ICAO’s work relating to the operation of non-certificated unmanned aircraft systems and the systems that support such operations, such as UAS traffic management. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about advances being made in support of UAS and UTM development…
KTN has launched an interactive map connecting the wide variety of UK sectors and expertise that are fundamental to the third aviation revolution. This interactive landscape map provides insight into the capability in the UK to support the integration of new aircraft with the digital and physical infrastructure necessary for future flight. You can explore the…
Skyfarer Ltd has secured its first Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval. This BVLOS approval commenced a week of flight operations at the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre, Llanbedr Airfield earlier this year. Georgia Hanrahan, Project Manager: This is a significant step forward for operators in our industry. This approval allows us to access the untapped…
As part of the UK-Government funded UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Flight programme, UK SMEs Flare Bright and Zenotech publish the results of a groundbreaking wind measurement project at the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) annual meeting. Demonstrating that wind models can be validated by real-world wind measuring up to heights of…
uAvionix today announced its participation in a Civil Aviation Authority endorsed large-scale trial using ground-based ADS-B obstruction beacons operating on 978MHz Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) in the UK. A first-ever trial to use ADS-B to enhance safety of glider, hang gliding, paragliding, and model flying operations, the trials will commence in the autumn of 2022…
The high-altitude drone Zephyr came down in Arizona, USA, just hours before it would have broken all records for the longest-ever continuous flight (manned or unmanned). It had already previously beaten the 2018 record for unmanned flight. The flight started mid-June and had lasted 64 days, losing contact with ground control on August 19th. It…
BVLOS Operations Forum unites innovators to unlock the next generation of aviation Pioneering companies in the emerging uncrewed aviation industry have joined forces in a forum established by air traffic control leader NATS, to break through the barriers to the UK industry’s development. The BVLOS Operations Forum, which includes the UK’s leading beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS)…
