Industry reports

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…

Department for Transport

AAM Evidence report published by DfT

BryceTech was commissioned by the Department for Transport to assess the Advanced Air Mobility market readiness. The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has published a comprehensive review on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) titled “Advanced Air Mobility Evidence Review.” Released on December 5, 2023, and updated on December 7, 2023, this independent report, produced by BryceTech…

BSI: Future Flight Vocabulary standard: first iteration released

BSI Flex 1903 v1.0 2023-08 With thanks to our member BSI Group, to Anthony Venetz, long standing aviation expert at Across Safety Development, the Technical Author, and to all ARPAS-UK members who contributed to this first version. What does BSI Flex 1903 cover? The standard includes definitions of 90 terms and 53 acronyms used in future…

Commercial Drone Industry Report & Tookit launched

Dr Anna Jackman, Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Reading, has released her Commercial Drone Industry Report: Professional, Responsible and Considerate Drone Use, in conjunction with ARPAS-UK. In addition, Dr Jackman has launched her Drone Industry Toolkit for Professional, responsible and Considerate commercial drone use. Again this is in conjunction with ARPAS-UK, for…

Unlocking the Future of Travel: Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) UK Economic Impact Study by PwC

The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) UK Economic Impact Study is a comprehensive report published by PwC. They are widely recognised for their expertise in conducting in-depth research and providing strategic insights across various industries. The study aims to assess the viability and potential of AAM in the United Kingdom by analysing its socioeconomic impact, comparing…