UAV & Drones

Spaceport Cornwall, the UK’s first licensed spaceport, has begun work on a major new collaboration with the National Drone Hub aimed at creating a unique testing environment for uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), further strengthening Cornwall’s role in the UK’s future air and space ecosystem. The National Drone Hub, operated by [read more]

Bristol-based defence technology company MARSS has announced that its latest medium-range counter-drone system, INTERCEPTOR-MR, has successfully completed flight testing in the UK. The AI-enabled system, integrated with MARSS’s C4I NiDAR platform and controlled by its autonomous NiDAR EDGE software, has undergone significant hardware upgrades and enhancements to its targeting algorithms. [read more]

Ukrainian drone manufacturer Ukrspecsystems has announced an investment of £200 million into the East Anglia region of the UK by creating a new production facility and test site in Suffolk creating hundreds of highly-skilled jobs. The news will come as a relief to the region following the recent decision by Lotus [read more]

The UK’s military aviation authority has granted a Military Type Certificate (MTC) for the Royal Air Force Protector RG Mk1 unarmed aerial vehicle after a rigorous assessment process to prove its airworthiness and operational effectiveness. Also know as the MQ-9B, the RAF Protector Mk1 can now operate without geographic restrictions [read more]

Unmanned Air System (UAS) specialist Certo Aerospace has raised £3 million in capital to accelerate its flight testing programme of its CAPSTONE Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) UAS. The Somerset-based company raised the money through equity placement and will use it to accelerate CAPSTONE development which Certo sees as something [read more]

Aberdeen Airport (ABZ/EGPD) has become the latest UK airport to launch a dedicated Drone Approval Service in collaboration with National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and Altitude Angel. The new system means that Drone pilots can request permission to operate in the Flight Restriction Zone (FRZ) of Aberdeen Airport via the [read more]

Cambridge Airport (CBG/EGSC) is partnering with Altitude Angel, the world’s most trusted UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, to deploy an Approval Services Platform (ASP) for drone users wishing to operate within the airport’s Flight Restricton Zone (FRZ). Drone laws in the UK mean that operators cannot fly within a [read more]

The UK’s air traffic service provider NATS commercial arm, NATS Services trialled a new ‘Detect and Avoid’ (DAA) system at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2024 together with Altitude Angel, the world’s most trusted UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider. During the show, they utilised Arrow ground-based DAA systems to [read more]