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UK Defence Investment Plan 2026: £5bn for Drones, Autonomy and Uncrewed Systems
The UK Defence Investment Plan 2026 commits £5bn to autonomous and uncrewed systems, accelerating drone transformation across air, land and sea domains.

Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Jul 66 min read


EASA SORA SAIL 3 and 4: Why UAS Manufacturers Must Design for Compliance from Day One
UAS manufacturers targeting SAIL 3 and SAIL 4 operations must design for EASA SORA compliance from the outset. This guide explains OSO #5, redundancy expectations, DAL C software assurance, reliability requirements, and EASA’s Design Verification Review process.

Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Jun 296 min read


How autonomous drones can transform woodland and peatland recovery
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.

Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Jun 84 min read


Riga Drone Coalition Summit 2026
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.

Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Jun 13 min read


CAP3105: Understand the CAA's recommendations for the Open Category. UK Class Marking.
Quickly understand CAA's recommendations for the Open Category. UK Class Marking.
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
May 8, 20252 min read


Identifying acceptable standards under UK SORA from SAIL 3 onwards: BSI Flex 1906 as your Guide
When the UK SORA methodology calls for the use of a standard or other Means of Compliance (MoC) acceptable to the CAA—which standards or MoCs is the methodology referring to?
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
May 1, 20252 min read


Tutorial: 40' to understand the UK SORA risk assessment methodology
The UK SORA will enter into force on 23 April 2025. SORA stands for Specific Operations Risk Assessment. It’s a structured safety assessment
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Mar 18, 20251 min read


New RIO Chair Appointment encouraging for Medical Drone Delivery
Lord Willetts' appointment as new Regulatory Innovation Office RIO Chair is encouraging for Medical Drone Delivery in the UK.
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Mar 10, 20251 min read


UK CAA publications complementing UK SORA: Update to RAE Training Academy requirements. Flightworthiness and SAIL Mark Policy Concepts
UK Drone or UAS regulations: Update to the RAE training academies requirements. First policy concepts for SAIL Mark and Flightworthiness
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Mar 7, 20251 min read


UK CAA published UK SORA, much aligned with JARUS SORA
The main UK specificity is the air risk classification flowchart, in particular Class G airspace is considered ARC-c unless proven otherwise
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Mar 5, 20252 min read


CAELUS medical drone logistics in Scotland: close out showcase held in Glasgow.
The drone logistics event featured key addresses from UK Aviation Minister Mike Kane.
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Feb 6, 20254 min read


US Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS sXu) applicability for Drones in Europe: Not sure just yet... cf EUROCAE report
ACAS Since 2008, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been funding the research and development of a...
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Project CAELUS: NHS laboratory specimens delivered by drone over Firth of Clyde for first time
Project CAELUS: NHS laboratory specimens delivered by drone over Firth of Clyde for first time
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Oct 28, 202410 min read


Frequently Asked Questions by our Stakeholders - with answers
Why use drones for medical logistics in Scotland? Any temperature monitoring for the medical payload? ...
Anne-Lise Scaillierez
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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