Nudge Reality is developing DroneOps VR which aims to transform the way drone pilots are trained using Virtual Reality (VR). VR is particularly useful for simulating scenarios that could be dangerous, impossible or expensive to replicate in the real world. The goal is to provide a realistic, immersive training platform that enhances drone pilots’ hazard assessment, flight…
Go behind the scenes with the West Midlands Police Drone Unit who hunt criminals from the sky! Channel 4 have joined Keith Bennett and his team at West Midlands Police to gain a unique insight to their operation. Sky Coppers shows the huge range of jobs that the dedicated team deploy to, from helping to…
The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) Drones portfolio want UK police forces to be at the leading edge of public safety drone operations. To support this ambition they will develop a Centre of Excellence. It will align drone training and procedures to a national standard that puts the safety of people on the ground and other…
BT Group and, esteemed ARPAS-UK member SkyLift, recently achieved significant milestones in the field of drone operations in the UK. They successfully conducted demonstration flights utilising fellow ARPAS-UK Member, uAvionix’s SkyLine cloud-based command and control (C2) system, which communicated over C-Band and LTE. These flights accomplished two firsts for the UK’s unmanned aerial system (UAS)…
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, the renowned preserved railway line, has recently unveiled a captivating perspective of its historic tracks. For the first time in its 134-year history, the railway has been captured from the air, thanks to the advanced drone technology provided by Networx3 UAV. The award-winning Matrice M30T and DJI Avata drones,…
PwC: Building Trust in Commercial Drones “Only 43% think industry is using commercial drones effectively”. Recently, PwC UK published Trust in Commercial Drones, an assessment of how industry attitudes to drones have changed over the past three years and the implications for actions to grow the UK drone economy. PwC stated “It was our pleasure to work…
uAvionix, a leading provider of command, navigation, and surveillance technologies for crewed and uncrewed aircraft, announced today that it has received FCC (Federal Communications Commission) approval, coordinated with the FAA, to operate its SkyLink C-Band Command and Control (C2) radios for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Emerging Technology…
Professor Iain Gray CBE, Director of Aerospace at Cranfield University, has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours 2023, appointed Knight Batchelor for services to the aerospace industry. Iain spent his industry career at the highest levels in aerospace with roles at BAE Systems and Airbus. He became Director of Engineering, then Managing Director at…
National Highways has launched a new flight management system which will speed up processes for drone operators looking to fly near motorways or major A roads and improve safety through better co-ordination and visibility of flights. With the use of drones playing an increasing role in modern living, National Highways is introducing a new flight…
Boeing-backed autonomous flight technology developer, sees.ai, becomes the first company in the UK to secure routine permission from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to fly drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) in non-segregated airspace, on the high voltage electricity transmission network. This permission builds on the BVLOS permission that sees.ai received in April 2021…