Beyond Restoration: Autonomous drones to accelerate woodland recovery. Our role: SORA compliance and heavy-lift drone BVLOS in atypical air environment . Learn how The Drone Office supported SORA compliance and BVLOS authorisation.

What does SORA 2.5 mean for a logistics drone above 3 metres? Higher ground risk, tougher containment requirements, and a SAIL level that affects both your platform design and your operators. This article breaks down the key considerations for dual-use UAS manufacturers.

Europe's defence innovation ecosystem is at an inflection point — and the academic conference at Riga Technical University as well as the discussions during the Drone Summit itself made that impossible to ignore.

Why does the Switchblade 300 cost $53,000 while Ukraine's Bulava costs ~$8,000? Compliance overhead, R&D amortisation, and component sourcing — not necessarily production scale.

Do you remember the Penguin VTOL series from Latvia? At the time, the company was called UAV Factory. The company successfully developed...

The Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, NATO DIANA, has announced a new cohort of innovative companies.

ACAS Since 2008, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been funding the research and development of a...

The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking of Unmanned Systems (JARUS) is a group of experts from 60+ national aviation authorities and...

SUMMARY Most drones on the market today are operated within close distance of the Remote Pilot, using a direct radio link, like model...

Most drones use GNSS/GPS, meaning Global Navigation Satellite System, to determine their precise location, and navigate.

In essence, the recommendation is the adoption of existing global standards for electronic conspicuity (manned aircraft use 1090MHz,...