Six projects have been chosen for trials under a UK Civil Aviation Authority scheme that will help make beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights an everyday reality. Among those included are schemes that involve medical drone deliveries, energy infrastructure, and ‘sky highways’. The UK Civil Aviation Authority invited organisations to bid to participate…
The remarkable advancement in UAVs has firmly established itself as a pivotal enabler across the commercial landscape and is poised to revolutionise the energy sector. UAVs have proven to be instrumental in streamlining a wide range of operations that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive, labour-intensive and typically constitute a safety risk. Dr-SUIT offers a suite…
The Global Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Academic Paper Competition offers a platform for university students from around the world to showcase their groundbreaking ideas, research, and insights within the realm of AAM. This competition seeks to engage students in exploring various aspects of AAM, including, but not limited to, technology, safety, regulation, urban planning, legal…
We’re excited to announce our upcoming 2-day BVLOS risk quantification workshops, designed to support enabling BVLOS flights at a large scale in the UK. This exclusive opportunity will cover the intricacies of risk quantification in the context of SORA and beyond. However, we can’t finalise the details without YOUR input. Please take a moment to…
BSI issued its first iteration of the BSI Future Flight Vocabulary Standard. Make it yours and take it to the next level by commenting on the BSI dedicated webportal: REGISTER AND COMMENT HERE. Consultation closes on 13 October (originally 30 September). And why not join the BSI Standard Hub Community? You will have access to…
06/09/2023 The BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Technical Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting, organised by ARPAS-UK (Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems UK), recently took place at Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel and brought together industry professionals, stakeholders, and experts to discuss critical topics related to drone operations. The meeting marked the beginning of a…
CPD overview: Earlier this year, uAvionix, Skylift and and British Telecom successfully conducted demonstration flights using uAvionix’s SkyLine cloud-based command and control (C2) system communicating over C-Band and LTE. The flights achieved two UK firsts for UAS operations; operational Command and Non-Payload Communications (CNPC) C2 systems using C-Band and LTE via BT’s Drone SIM and secondly the transmission…
A pilotless plane has flown on and off a Royal Navy aircraft carrier for the first time. The W Autonomous Systems (WAS) drone flew from the Lizard Peninsula and on to the deck of HMS Prince of Wales off the Cornish coast, delivered supplies, then flew back in a milestone flight which points the way…
The announcement about the “Closing the skills gap” cohort joining the UK Research and Innovation Future Flight Challenge on august 8th, 2023, is a significant development in addressing the skills gaps in the UK’s aviation and aerospace sector, particularly in future flight services and technologies. Here’s a breakdown of the key points from the announcement:…
