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Find out how SIA licensing applies to someone using a drone.
Drone technology could transform our skies and boost the UK economy by £45 billion by the end of the decade.
Ambition statement and vision for commercial drones, created jointly by government and the sector, outlining the 2030 potential, current use cases and support and enablers for the future.
The UK and Latvia will jointly lead a capability coalition, which will see thousands of drones supplied to Ukraine, including first-person view (FPV) drones, which have proven highly effective on the battlefield.
The announcement was made today by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps as he met President Zelenskyy in Kyiv
UK Defence Drone Strategy launched to deliver unified approach to uncrewed systems across all three military services, supported by £4.5 billion of investment.
Guidance on submitting applications to fly drones within Restricted Airspace at Prisons and Young Offender Institutions, effective from 25 January 2024.
Criminal gangs who try to fly phones, drugs and weapons into prisons using drones face finding themselves there instead under tough new restrictions coming into force today (25 January).
Outlines the decision to give the police greater powers to tackle drone misuse and better protect airports.
Cutting-edge Royal Navy missiles – recently used to shoot down multiple hostile drones in the Red Sea – will receive significant enhancements through an upgrade programme supporting hundreds of UK jobs.
The Defence Drone Strategy sets out how Defence will realise the significant opportunities and tackle challenges in uncrewed systems.
A dramatic drone display lit up the night sky of a Welsh coastal town to deliver a serious public safety message.
A new survey by the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner has revealed areas of concern around data security and accountability.
Results of a study to test and model the effects of mid-air collisions between drones and manned aircraft.
Drones equipped with cutting-edge sensors to detect ground mines and explosives are being researched by UK scientists and could alter the face of land warfare.
Vast new ’no-fly zones’ will be enforced over all prisons in England and Wales to crack down on gangs using drones to smuggle drugs, phones and weapons that drive criminality behind bars.
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