The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today confirmed it will put in place the certification standards also used by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), known as Special Conditions (SC)-VTOL, as the basis for UK certification for new electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Special Conditions allow manufactures and the CAA to develop safety requirements as these new…
Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate received ahead of schedule, initially targeted for second half of 2022; Certification allows Joby to operate aircraft commercially; Joby will use conventional aircraft to refine systems and procedures in advance of launching eVTOL service targeted for 2024 Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a California-based company developing all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger…
Snowdonia Aerospace is pleased to announce the successful first flights of their new Dragon drone at the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre, Llanbedr, last week. Working in partnership with SwiftFlight Avionics and supported by Innovate UK Future Flight Challenge grant funding, the Dragon drone will be a major research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) platform for demonstrating the safe integration of drones into…
The Drone Industry Action Group met on the following dates and the minutes and presentations are available. If you have any questions, please get in touch via membership@arpas.uk 15 January 2020 28 April 2020 13 October 2020 2020 Presentations 21 January 2021 27 April 2021 19 October 2021 14 December 2021 2021 Presentations
Drone Infrastructure Altitude Angel, the world’s most trusted UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, has been retained by the Swedish Transport Administration project PNK4UTM and Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) to implement its GuardianUTM Enterprise platform at Sweden’s largest and most advanced drone test area, the 2,400km² Drone Center Sweden. Developing services on which the…
Following a formal 24 month Airspace Change Proposal process ARPAS-UK Member Snowdonia Aerospace Centre (SAC) is pleased to announce that Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval has been granted for the establishment of the UKs first commercial and privately controlled Danger Area in support of the research and development of novel aerospace systems. The new Danger…
The Drone Industry Action Group met on the following dates and the minutes and presentations are available. If you have any questions, please get in touch via membership@arpas.uk 15 March 2018 12 June 2018 12 September 2018 12 December 2018 2018 Presentations 20 March 2019 5 June 2019 12 September 2019 2019 Presentations
Executive Summary The UK drone economy may be worth up to £42bn by 20301. The Drone Industry Action Group (DIAG) aims to identify and address barriers to growth. It has reached a consensus that negative public perception and an uninformed commercial sector are significant potential barriers to growth, has formed a working group and identified…