US Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS sXu) applicability for Drones in Europe: Not sure just yet... cf EUROCAE report
"Eyes in the sky":
drones are part of the
Digital Transformation
They create value as a tool for digitisation and automation of operations. First, they were used in the audiovisual professional sector for wedding photography or video shootage of wildlife documentaries. Gradually, embedded software and image processing software became more and more sophisticated, and professional drones became relevant in agriculture, infrastructure inspection, construction, emergency services. Eventually, the benefit of drones as professional tools applied to a wide array of business fields. Specifically, these applications are all about sourcing images or information from the sky.
Next:
drones performing actions and transporting goods?
Tomorrow, as the autonomous revolution develops, autonomous drones will be able to transport goods over long distances. Yet, in terms of aeronautical safety, there is a gap between on one hand a drone of a few hundred grams evolving within line of sight under the control of its remote pilot, and on the other hand, a heavier aircraft evolving automatically beyond the visual line of sight. Undoubtedly, the technological challenge is tremendous and exciting.
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THE DRONE OFFICE CONSULTANCY
Prepare, implement, and scale.
End-user companies, communities, and technology suppliers can rely on our independent expertise to prepare, implement and scale their drone projects, with the right qualified solutions, for the right use case, within the remit of the current regulations.
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Onboarding. Engage with stakeholders.
Knowledge sharing and training are key to operational success, management onboarding, and stakeholders’ engagement. We provide training, in plain English, so that unfamiliar technologies become easily accessible, compelling innovation.
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The Drone Office provides:
Solution-agnostic approach
Independent expertise
Safe innovation
Use Cases. Value Creation.
Regulatory Feasibility.
Technologies, UAS, and key suppliers selection.
Training and management onboarding.
Implementation. Project Management.
Data Exploitation.
Scale-up.
Operational Authorisation in the Specific Category - UK PDRA01 for Multirotor and Fixed-wing UAS of maximum 25kg.
ARPAS-UK is the UK non-profit trade association representing the drone industry and ecosystem in the UK.
ABOUT US
Anne-Lise Scaillierez,
Partner
Anne-Lise Scaillierez is partner at The Drone Office, a consulting company specialising in aerial drones. She is a qualified small unmanned aircraft system SUAS pilot and the company holds a Operational PDRA01 with the CAA.
Anne-Lise is involved in several medical drone delivery projects. She is also qualified under IATA Category 6 Dangerous Goods Transport by Air training. She co-published “Drone Professional 1” with editor Louise Jupp in 2020, # 1 in Aviation Piloting & Flight Instruction on Amazon USA, and published “Drones in Medical Logistics” in 2019 with Cerba HealthCare.
She is also the CEO of ARPAS-UK, the UK not-for-profit trade association and plays an active role in providing fair and balanced intelligence to national decision-makers, to support the industry.
Anne-Lise draws on 25 years of professional experience in Technology and Defence & Aerospace industries, including in the advancement of autonomous systems, and has experience in BVLOS flight in Europe.
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