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…
The CAA is holding an innovations test site requirements consultation which is an online briefing event. The CAA is looking to facilitate the safe development of new RPAS and AAM concepts in the United Kingdom, as part of the Government’s ambition to make Britain a world leader for new forms of aviation. A key enabler…
BT and the GSMA alliance published a report on 8th June 2023, concluding that action is needed within next year for UK to catch up in drone economy race. To access BT’s press release and full report, click HERE. Below is a press release extract: BT Group and GSMA Intelligence lay out guidance for UK…
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…
Key take away following briefing by the Department of Transport on 31 May 2023 on Retained EU Law, following the removal of the “sunset clause”. Discussion between Simon Phippard, Of Counsel at Bird&Bird, and Anne-Lise Scaillierez, CEO, ARPAS-UK. This follows the summary published a few days ago, where we expressed our understanding that EU retained…
UK’s flight planning app to relaunch with enhanced user experience and industry-ready flight planning tool set Altitude Angel’s developer platform is open and available to all at https://developers.altitudeangel.com Altitude Angel, the world’s most trusted UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, is to release a new and improved version of the UK’s most popular flight planning tool,…
Gatwick Airport was closed for 55 minutes on Sunday May 14, following reports of drone sighting near the airport. We were in contact with the NPCC and the CAA on this matter. The police led the response, and the new process put in place since 2018 really improved the response time, considering the airport was…
We are thrilled to announce that ARPAS-UK will be exhibiting at GeoBusiness, colocated with Digital Construction, on May 17th and 18th at Stand G650. This event brings together professionals and innovators from the geospatial and construction industries to explore the latest advancements, technologies, and solutions. We have curated a series of captivating talks and presentations…
