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…
CAP 740 UK Airspace Management Policy has been updated to reflect extant UK Regulation and policies following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Changes include new UK Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) reporting and looks to set a framework to later incorporate new entrants such as Space and Uncrewed Aircraft System into Airspace Management. This amendment…
The UK CAA Innovation team have been busy again, developing some useful guidance for innovators. 1. CAP2537 provides a short information notice on the UK CAA approach for #certification of #eVTOL aircraft. www.caa.co.uk/CAP2537 2. CAP2538 describes the considerations for Aerodromes and Vertiports planning to operate Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft (VTOL) www.caa.co.uk/CAP2538 3. CAP2539 guides the Advanced Air Mobility industry on…
MGI Engineering CEO Mike Gascoyne and one of the Mosquito drones (Credit: MGI Engineering) Formula One specialist MGI Engineering has revealed two cargo drone technology demonstrators, using its motorsport mindset to tackle challenges in the sector. The Mosquito UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were unveiled by the Oxfordshire firm today (19 April) at the eVTOL Insights’ London Conference….
The Methodology for the Evaluation of Automation on the UAS Operations document has been developed by the JARUS Working Group Automation Concept of Operation. The WG believes this draft addresses all the comments from the Internal Review and makes some significant evolutions to the document to make it usable by the JARUS community in supporting…
The UK’s leading drone operators have called on the Government to change the way uncrewed aviation is regulated, and break down the barriers to uncrewed flight that risk the UK missing out on the ‘drone opportunity’. The comments come in a new White Paper published by the BVLOS Operations Forum, a consortium of advanced drone…
Drones carrying key medical supplies are taking to the skies of Northumberland this week as the trial phase of an innovative NHS project gets underway. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with Apian, a company which has come through the NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme, to explore the use of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to…
In 2022 there were two very distinct and well-attended events that focused on key issues relating to remotely-piloted and unmanned aircraft systems: RPAS 2022 and DRONE ENABLE 2022. There are numerous benefits to be derived from globally-harmonized UAS standards and practices, for both governments and the industry. These annual events provide excellent opportunities to drive consensus and progress…
