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PwC Skies Without Limits V3.0 Presented at DroneX 2024

An insight into the progress of the UK drone industry from 2021 to 2024 During this year’s DroneX 2024 Tradeshow, PwC presented their new report ‘Skies Without Limits V3.0‘. The previous PwC reports were industry reference publications, no doubt this update will an excellent read for many of our readers. 27 September 2024

Future Flight Use Cases: 9 ways Future Flight will transform aviation

The Future Flight Challenge has launched a new report highlighting the biggest opportunities for advanced air mobility, drones, and zero-emission aircraft. View the full report on the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) website: Future flight use cases: nine ways future flight will transform aviation – UKRI The report highlights key use cases, such as medical…

BSI Flex 1903 v2.0

We’re excited to introduce BSI Flex 1903 v2.0 Future Flight Systems – Vocabulary 🎉 BSI Flex 1903 v2.0 includes definitions of 146 terms and 72 acronyms used in future flight systems and the ecosystem in which they operate. This updated version offers key updates to meet the sector’s evolving needs. Authored by Anthony Venetz, an…

Connected Places Catapult

CPC: Intelligent Drones Revolutionise Infrastructure Inspections: A Market Report

As part of the Future of Flight Phase III Challenge, the Intelligent Drones for Ports and Highways (InDePTH) consortium envisions a future where the deployment of intelligent drones may be used to support a wide range of inspection and maintenance tasks around national critical infrastructures. Currently, large-scale inspections of critical national infrastructure hold many high-risk…

2024 Drone Industry Insights Survey

Drone Industry Insights encourages your participation in the 7th Annual Drone Industry Survey. The survey should only take between 8-15 minutes of your time, and the data is published in a free white paper. As always, thanks to global partners Drone Industry Insights have organized some amazing rewards, which are described in the survey link and include a…

Department for Transport

DfT: Countering Drone Threats to Shipping

The Department for Transport has issued guidance intended to help the maritime industry to understand aerial drone technologies, the potential threat to maritime vessels and options to mitigate the threat. It focuses on aerial drone threats and associated response options. Aerial drones offer many use cases for the civilian maritime industry, including but not limited…

ICO: Tech Horizons Report 2024

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently launched their 2024 Tech Horizons Report, including a chapter on the commercial use of drones. Dr Anna Jackman of the University of Reading, an ARPAS-UK Member, was one of the academic experts to be interviewed in relation to this. In their first annual Tech horizons report, published in 2022,…

MOD Defence Drone Strategy

The return of war to Europe has demonstrated the essential requirement for a resilient, robust and agile approach to Defence procurement. The Integrated Review Refresh and Defence Command Paper recognise this challenge and underline the importance of overhauling our acquisition system to ensure operational advantage. The conflict in Ukraine has become a very visible representation…