Seminar Theatre 5 - Future of Flight

Gary Cutts
UK Research and Innovation

Whilst there are some really important global applications of BVLOS operations, we are yet to make the leap to widespread commercial application. The remaining challenges are not just technical, regulatory, economic or social desirability but an interdependent combination of all of these. We see the real opportunity as being broad-based partnerships to unlock the full potential of BVLOS and let the industry fly.

Morten Skov
Skypuzzler

Imagine a puzzle in the sky where drones must navigate complex airspace without colliding with other drones or objects when transporting goods or performing tasks. Skypuzzler’s integrated Digital Air Traffic Control (iDATC) enables drones to fly safely and autonomously by providing clear paths and instructions through software-to-software communication without extra equipment to be installed on the drone.

Richard Ruiterkamp
Sovereign Autonomous Systems

This seminar presents an approach for development of a drone autopilot using model-based development. The approach has been applied and flight tested on multiple drones, including aerobatic maneuvers. The seminar will address how development and simulation-based testing is used to show compliance to design objectives. Flight test verification demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach.

Zack Seymour and David Stone
Frazer-Nash Consultancy

When conducting non-routine operations, flying organisations face the challenge of judging whether a pilot has the competence to conduct the operation. Often, we rely on a review of the experience of that pilot, but this leads to a wide margin of subjectivity. Frazer-Nash Consultancy have developed a novel framework for quantifying the competence of UAS pilots to enable safe and effective operations in these scenarios, and are unveiling at DroneX ahead of publishing it for open use.

David Majoe
Inteliports

A discussion on how autonomous infrastructure and enabling technologies can be used to accelerate drone deliveries in the UK, taking examples for completed and on-going initiatives this year including Future Freight and Future Flight Challenges.