Drones

Guidance and regulation

Nearly £50 million government backing to power up drone and flying taxi tech and crack down on illegal drones
- 5 May 2026
- Department for Transport, Home Office, and Civil Aviation Authority
- Press release
Over £20 million to help drones and flying taxis take to UK skies
- 1 April 2025
- Department for Transport
- Press release
Medical drone delivery trials revolutionising the skies in Scotland
- 27 August 2024
- Department for Transport
- Press release
Protecting Physical Assets from UAS Attack
- 17 April 2024
- Defence and Security Accelerator, National Protective Security Authority, Home Office, and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- News story
The age of the flying taxi draws closer with the Future of Flight action plan
- 18 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- News story

Transport and transport technology: public attitudes tracker
- 30 July 2026
- Department for Transport
- Research
Regulatory Horizons Council: the regulation of drones
- 1 November 2021
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Regulatory Horizons Council, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Independent report
Review of robotics and automation in transport construction 2017
- 18 September 2018
- Department for Transport
- Research
Review of artificial intelligence in transport 2017
- 18 September 2018
- Department for Transport
- Research
Drones and manned aircraft collisions: test results
- 22 July 2017
- Department for Transport and Military Aviation Authority
- Research

Drone legislation: use, restrictions and enforcement
- 7 January 2019
- Department for Transport, Home Office, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 17 September 2018
Benefits of drones to the UK economy
- 22 July 2017
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 15 March 2017
Advancing airborne autonomy: use of commercial drones in the UK
- 18 July 2022
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Transport, Department for Business and Trade, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Policy paper
Future of Transport regulatory review: call for evidence on micromobility vehicles, flexible bus services and Mobility-as-a-Service
- 24 November 2020
- Department for Transport and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Call for evidence outcome
Government response to future of drones in the UK consultation
- 18 January 2019
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper