The UKRI Future Flight Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK and ESRC, has launched a project library showcasing the range of large-scale projects taking place as part of Phase 3 of the Challenge. The showcase demonstrates the breadth of activities, successes and impacts to date, and the +130 organisations currently involved in the Challenge. These include…
Jenny Ward, Deputy Director of the Future of Aviation Team at the Department for Transport, presented the Future of Flight Action Plan update to ARPAS-UK Members at BT’s Headquarters on 18th April 2024. ARPAS-UK thanks Jenny for her time and willingness to be involved with the Annual Conference. The presentation was followed by a Q&A…
Discover the latest best practice for innovation in air mobility, with this interactive Future Flight Standards landscape from BSI, created with support from Egis and backed by UK Research and Innovation. The new, expanded, Future Flight Standards landscape now covers lots of key use cases. Just a few examples include:➡️ Detect and avoid➡️ Operation of uncrewed aircraft systems➡️ New…
The prospect of remotely piloted drones operating in and out of some of the UK’s busiest airports has taken a step closer to reality following a series of pioneering simulations by the air traffic management service, NATS. The simulations, run at NATS’ head office in Hampshire, demonstrated how drones could be seamlessly integrated alongside other…
Drone technology could transform our skies and boost the UK economy by £45 billion by the end of the decade. Flying taxis, crime-fighting drones and critical 999 care deliveries could all be a reality by 2030 thanks to the government and industry’s joint Future of Flight action plan, announced by the Department for Transport (DfT) today…
Work is ongoing in the UK, Europe and the US to determine the technical standards for systems such as parachutes and flight termination systems that will be accepted as Means of Compliance with safety requirements. Adding these systems to your drones would support OSC approval for higher safety risk operations, in particular to mitigate ground…
A Pivotal Gathering at the Department for Transport Recently, ARPAS-UK arranged a meeting at the Department for Transport (DfT) in London. Those who participated in the ARPAS-UK Risk Quantification Course were invited to share their views, which consisted of operators and service providers. Also in the room were the Regulator, and government bodies. The meeting’s agenda…
