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Fireside Chat 05 | Drone Flight Planning & SORA Compliance with VIA of Volant Autonomy
Fireside Chat 05 | Discover how you can visualise, plan, and manage complex drone operations across the UK and beyond, following UK SORA or JARUS SORA methodologies.
In our latest Fireside Chat, Anthony Lawrenson, COO of Volant Autonomy, joins ARPAS-UK CEO Anne-Lise Scaillierez to introduce VIA – the powerful flight planning and management platform designed to support safe, effective, and compliant drone operations.
They explore VIA’s functionality, showcase key features, and walk through example operational scenarios. Designed to support advanced drone missions, VIA offers a high level of automation and seamlessly integrates real-time risk modelling, strategic deconfliction, and regulatory compliance (ie: SORA and JARUS 2.5) to enable efficient and secure mission planning.
VIA has been used in uncrewed (UTM) or integrated traffic management (ITM) environments and supports BVLOS flight planning from ARC-A through ARC-C. Its design helps reduce manual input and associated risks, offering both a graphical user interface and API access for broader system integration.
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Anthony Venetz was the technical author of BSI Flex 1906, and Anne-Lise Scaillierez was part of the Flex Advisory Board on behalf of ARPAS-UK. Watch our fireside chat to quickly understand the purpose of BSI Flex 1906, and how you can effectively use it to support your UK SORA operational authorisation submissions.
2 June 2025
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Career drone pathways
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The Structural Battery Company Appoints Sir Iain Gray as Special Advisor to the Board
ARPAS-UK member The Structural Battery Company (The SB Co.), an innovator in advanced structural energy storage solutions, is delighted to announce the appointment of Sir Iain Gray as Special Advisor to its Board.
Formerly Chief Executive of Airbus UK, Managing Director of the Aerospace Technology Institute, and Director of Aerospace at Cranfield University, Sir Iain has been instrumental in advancing some of the UK’s most important technology initiatives.
John Moffat, Founder and CEO of The Structural Battery Company, said: “We are honoured to welcome Sir Iain Gray as Special Advisor to our Board. His exceptional leadership across industry, academia, and government will be invaluable as we continue to grow and scale our structural battery technology to decarbonise transport. Sir Iain’s experience and insights will help guide our strategic direction and strengthen our partnerships across multiple sectors.”
Sir Iain Gray commented: “I am delighted to be joining The Structural Battery Company at such an exciting stage in its journey. Their innovative approach to lightweight, high-performance energy storage has the potential to make a significant contribution to the future of sustainable transport. I look forward to supporting John and the team as they deliver on their ambitious vision.”
The appointment marks an important milestone for The Structural Battery Company as it advances towards commercialisation, expanding partnerships across aerospace, defence, and renewable energy sectors.
For media enquiries, partnership opportunities, or technical information, please visit www.thesb.co.uk
‘Powering the Future: Decarbonising Transport with Structural Battery Innovation‘
The Structural Battery Company is at this year’s 55th International Paris Air Show
16-22 June 2025 Salon international de l’aéronautique et de l’espace Paris • Le Bourget Hall B – Stand G158 www.siae.fr/en/
ARPAS-BVLOS SIG: Over the last few years ARPAS has pushed in a number of areas relating to BVLOS, starting with the Risk Quantification Approach.
We also have a Manifesto on what we are looking to achieve.
With ARPAS-UK successes in the Atypical Air Environment (AAE) and the first 2 organisations being ARPAS-UK members (Heliguy, Autospray) – Read more here
We’re keen to push on with some of the aspects, collaborating with entities such as the NATS BVLOS Forum, but also driving into more technical areas and have a number of ideas.
We have a Discord group already, but we’re aware that not all members are or can be part of Discord. So we are setting up a ARPAS-BVLOS SIG Group, so when people ask who are on the group its very clear.
If you would like to be added to this group where we can set up regular meetings, please use the link below and complete the Google Form.
