CAA GA & RPAS Unit Update, ARPAS-UK annual conference, March 2023
With:
Kevin Woolsey, Co-Head GA & RPAS
Mark Wharry, Oversight & Safety Manager for GA & RPAS
Callum Holland, Transformation Manager for RPAS & AAM
The presentation and Q&A with the GA&RPAS Unit at the CAA was certainly a highlight of the day. Thank you Kevin Woolsey, Co-Head, Mark Wharry, Safety & Oversight Senior Manager, and Callum Holland, Transformation Manager, for coming in person, and for your commitment to engaging better with the industry. It was welcome news.
Our Members’ Regulation Special Interest Group, the REG SIG team, had prepared a list of top 10 priorities, and the CAA team’s presentation was designed in response to these 10 points (link below). We all know that there has been and are still challenges, our industry is growing and innovating at a fast pace. Regulations and the regulators are industry enablers, and we are keen to collaborate and help the industry move forward.
If you’re planning on attending GeoBusiness or Digital Construction on 17-18 May 2023 at ExCel London, pop by and see us on stand G650. We’d be delighted to talk about the advantages of using drones in a variety of geospatial and/or construction settings.
Disclaimer: All jobs posted here are from LinkedIn and other job sites including member and non-member organizations.
AIR6 SYSTEMS | AIRBORNE ROBOTICS is hiring for the following positions: UAV Pilot/ IT Specialist Robotics/ Computer Vision Engineer AI/ Frontend Software Engineer
An exciting opportunity has arisen with NHS Scotland for the role of Innovation Project Manager for the CAELUS 2 (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland) project.
Unmanned Aircraft Uses in Agriculture, inc Spraying and Spreading: WATCH AGAIN
A session exploring the use cases of how drones can work within the agricultural sector, including spraying and spreading from drones.
AutoSpray Systems has the equipment in the UK, and are currently undertaking other testing and seeding/ spraying within traditional agricultural settings. They have the Operational Authorisation from the UK CAA to use Unmanned Aircraft for this use case. Their staff are also a UK CAA Approved Recognised Assessment Entity with over 5 years’ experience and wrote the Operational Safety Case for the CAA, which they accepted and ultimately approved their Operational Authorisation based on this documentation. This is the first authorisation of its kind in the UK.
They have a proven track record of developing a product and developing new marketplaces for these products.
Speaker Info:
Andrew Sproson, Co-owner of AutoSpray Systems
Andrew has a Professional background in the Emergency Services, involving Critical Incident Planning, Search and Rescue Operations and Resource Management. Andrew has been an Unmanned Aircraft Pilot for over 7 years, and his company has been a CAA Approved Recognised Assessment Entity since 2018.
Andrew is also a qualified Counter Drone Operative and deployed this technology in the field. Andrew has created Unmanned Aircraft departments in over 300 Organisations and instilled a very high standard of safety. In 2020, Andrew co-founded AutoSpray Systems and developed the methodologies and risk assessments associated with obtaining an authorisation to spray chemicals with a drone that is over 25Kgs and for Agricultural / Horticultural and Forestry uses. Andrew has further developed a bespoke training package for Remote Pilots, to adopt these skills and utilise the technology in farming. Andrew co-wrote the LANTRA approved Chemical Drone Spraying Qualification.
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April 7 2023 Drone Related Jobs
Disclaimer: All jobs posted here are from LinkedIn and other job sites including member and non-member organizations.
Integration of UAVs and remote sensing into Ecological Consultancy – WATCH AGAIN
Assessment of issues facing ecologists and how UAVs can assist.
Use case examples: invasive species mapping, peatland restoration, forestry in the context of new planting assessments, complex building assessments for bats
Plus general day-to-day use of aerial imagery for improved services across the board
Speaker Info:
James has over 15 years ecological experience working within both the academic and consultancy sectors working on a wide range of research and development projects requiring high quality ecological surveys. His skills focus on protected species surveys, Ecological Impact Assessments, Ecological Clerk of Works and GIS.
Tracks Ecology also offers a variety of aerial imagery, surveying and videography services through the use of professional grade unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
As a CAA qualified pilot operating under a Permit for Commercial Operation with full insurance, we can service a variety of aerial survey needs while working within the ARPAS-UK Code of Conduct.
James works within the CIEEM Code of Conduct and produces clear and concise reports suitable for a wide array of clients, which provide unbiased advice through a strong evidence-based approach. The CIEEM is The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, which promotes the highest standards of practice for the benefit of nature and society.
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Getting closer to urban and BVLOS operations –reflections from recent flight testing at Cardiff and Heathrow airports – WATCH AGAIN
Flare Bright has undertaken several trials under the UKRI Future Flight programme and the Connected Places Catapult Future of Air Mobility Accelerator. This webinar explains some of the learnings from flying its software-enhanced IMUs (giving GPS-free capability and redundancy) in various UK locations; and validating wind measurement predictions using its nanodrone. Flight tests have been undertaken both landside and airside at Heathrow and Cardiff Airports to measure wind. We will briefly talk about the results on understanding differences in wind measurements using our drone and anemometers, which we presented to the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences meeting in Stockholm in September last year.
Speakers Info:
Chris Daniels, CCO, Flare Bright Carl Sequeira, Head of Engineering, Flare Bright
Chris Daniels
CCO, Flare Bright
Chris Daniels is a strategic advisor on commercializing start-ups and scale-ups, focused on aerospace & defence and Machine Learning and Big Data Tech.
Carl Sequeira is a Chartered Engineer with the IMechE since 2015. He is a multi-disciplinary engineer with commercial and academic research expertise spanning aerodynamics, modeling and simulation, design and testing, and device performance.
