Annual Conference

ARPAS-UK AGM & Annual Conference 2024: Save the Date: 18 April 2024

Date & Timing: 18 April 2024: 12noon -6pm Location: BT Headquarters, One Bramham Street, London E1 8EE Further details with regards to registering to attend virtually will be available in due course. 22 January 2024

CAA RPAS Unit at ARPAS-UK annual conference in March 2023

CAA GA & RPAS Unit Update, ARPAS-UK annual conference, March 2023

With: 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,…

ARPAS-UK update: Priorities, webinars. Regulation SIG, Engagement

with Graham Brown, Chair, Anne-Lise Scaillierez, CEO, and Elena Major, Operations And the presentation:

Roundup: ARPAS-UK Annual Conference 2023

March 2023, DARTeC, Cranfield University We had a great day, loved the talk by the coffee machine, can’t thank enough Cranfield University for hosting us at DARTeC and our Members who joined us in a day of drone related talks and conversations. The video recordings and slide decks of each individual presentation are available, please…

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Update.

Gordon Baker, Policy Advisor, Dept for Science, Innovation and Technology, shared with us his insights on the UK’s Commercial Drone Opportunity, its position within the wider innovation/technology landscape, and the path to unlock the commercial opportunities. ARPAS-UK annual conference, March 2023. To watch the video recording, click below: And the presentation pdf:

Engaging with Local Authorities – S4G Drone Services: ARPAS-UK Annual Conference, March 2023

with Mark Elliott of Sparks4Growth and Sunil Budheo, Transport Innovation Manager of Coventry City Council Mark Elliott, CEO of S4G Drone Services, tells us how they transformed the engagement with an initially uncertain and concerned local council by demonstrating professionalism, safety and demonstrating the value of the data collected and digital output. Mark also shares…

DARTeC at Cranfield University: overview and update

Professor Graham Braithwaite, Director, Transport Systems at Cranfield University introduces us to DARTeC and its fantastic facilities. DARTeC is focused on advancing the application and integration of innovative digital systems technologies within the commercial air transport sector. DARTeC aims to address the research challenges facing the aviation industry such as:

Lessons learnt by Consortiq on applying the SORA methodology

Andy Huggett and Chris Janes, Training Managers at Consortiq, explained to us the basics of the SORA methodology, how it can be a very powerful tool for complex operations, and how new PDRAs, possibly following SORA, could be a good way forward for the not-so-complex operations.

Lessons learnt by Airborne Robotics on BVLOS operations in Austria

Alexander Fraess-Ehrfeld, CEO at Airborne Robotics, walked us through the approval process on a practical flight operation to deliver a defibrillator, following the SORA methodology. And the presentation:

ARPAS-UK Annual Conference Roundup

The ARPAS-UK Annual Conference was held on Thursday March 2nd 2023 at DARTeC, Cranfield University. It was so good to see our members again in person after holding the AGM virtually for the last couple of years. Professor Graham Braithwaite of DARTeC mentioned how important conversations over coffee are – and we couldn’t agree more!…