NATS Altitude

20 - Drones: Realising the Uncrewed Aviation Revolution

NATS - UK air traffic control Season 1 Episode 20

From transforming how urgent goods are moved around the world to surveying infrastructure in remote, dangerous environments and aiding accurate, rapid emergency response, uncrewed aviation has long promised to revolutionise our lives and the aviation industry.

But unleashing that potential means delivering safe and scalable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, something that remains the biggest hurdle for the burgeoning uncrewed aviation sector to overcome.  

What are the technological, regulatory and operational boundaries that still exist? How can air traffic service providers work with the industry to integrate new airspace users and where are the opportunities for new services and solutions?

No one is better placed to discuss all this and much more than our panel for this month’s Altitude livestream.

Charles Tavner is the CEO of Flylogix, a pioneering company bringing together artificial intelligence, satellite communication and low-cost electronics to develop a new generation of smaller, more efficient, uncrewed aircraft.

We’re delighted to also be joined by Louisa Smith, Head of Aviation at Apian, a hugely exciting medical drone start-up aiming to deliver faster, smarter, greener healthcare that can improve patients’ health outcomes and staff well-being.

NATS’ Russell Porter, Head of UTM Stakeholder Engagement, is in the host’s chair, for what is an unmissable, fascinating discussion.

You can also watch an on demand version of the livestream on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NatsAero