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UAVS News Date Line: 7 July 2010
News Line: Latest UAVS Student Member
George Bedford, a first year PhD (MPhil) student at Loughborough University, looking at the interaction of operator and GCS/Simulator and how this interaction can be compared to the existing manned MECs and the MECs component parts. His reason for joining UAVS is to help broadan his understanding in the UAS field as well as making contacts who may be able to further his research through both information and equipment. Date Line: 28 June 2010
News Line: UAVS on stand at Farnborough 2010
Farnborough International Airshow isn't one of the national or international aerospace events UAVS normally attends as UAS have not featured prominently in the past.
This year however UAVS has been given the opportunity to support its members, European UAV Systems Centre Ltd and Kiln Group on the UAS Flying stand at Stand 19, Hall 3. UAVS will be taking part in the free drop-in advice clinic between 12 noon and 4 pm on three days of the Show: Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd July. For more details on what is on and available at Stand 19 go to the UAS Member News page. Date Line: 24 June 2010
News Line: Cinch Connectors registers with UAVS
Cinch Connectors has registered as a new member with UAVS. Its product offering of lightweight, tailor-made connectors are ideal for the UAS industry. Date Line: 21 June 2010
News Line: University of Southampton registers with UAVS
University of Southampton has registered with UAVS as a new academic member. The University will be actively engaged in ASTRAEA and membership of UAVS is seen as an extension of its networking with the UAS industry. Date Line: 7 June 2010
News Line: Dr N Piazzolla joins UAVS
Italian student pilot, Nico Piazzolla is interested in pursuing a flying career with MALEs, HALEs or TUAVs and has joined UAVS to try and improve his career prospects. Date Line: 25 May 2010
News Line: VIT Security Group Ltd joins UAVS
VIT Security Group Ltd offers a number of IT based security solutions including video feeds from UAS. It is hoping that its membership of UAVS will help raise its profile within the UAS industry. Date Line: 24 May 2010
News Line: Air Medical joins UAVS
Air Medical based at Oxford Airport, Kidlington provides air ambulance services with conventional rotary aircraft. It recently recognised the possibilities offers by future UAS and has formed a UAS sub-division. By joining UAVS, AM-UAS hopes to keep pace with developments in this field. Date Line: 21 May 2010
News Line: MRL joins UAVS
MRL Limited specialises in developing innovative solutions to operational challenges for a range of clients in the public and private sectors. It specialises in crisis and risk management, safety management and resilience planning. As part of its capability it offers MRL Eye, the company's own quadrotor UAS. Date Line: 20 May 2010
News Line: Falxair joins UAVS
Falxair is a new start up company based in the Isle of Man and marketing novel rotary propulsion systems. Falxair is looking for business opportunities through UAVS' networking capabilities. Date Line: 31 March 2010
News Line: Roke Manor Research joins UAVS
Roke provides complete autonomous systems and sensing and communications sub-systems as well as technology consultancy, product development, and whole life solutions in sensors, information systems and communications. Roke has realised the benefits of being aligned with its UK UAS trade association, UAVS. Date Line: 29 March 2010
News Line: Photonics & Analytical Marketing Ltd applies to join UAVS
Photonics & Analytical Marketing Ltd is a sales agency specialising in spectroscopy and represents among others Headwall Photonics Ltd who manufacture, amongst other products, a range of Hyperspectral Imaging Systems, which provide a complete spectral signature for every pixel in the image of a scene. One of their products is an HIS developed specifically for, and deployed on, UAVs: weighing approximately 1 Kg and being less than a 10 cm cube it is suitable for deployment on all but the very smallest UAVs. Photonics & Analytical Marketing hopes that UAVS will help make the right connections for this innovative payload. Date Line: 11 March 2010
News Line: Michael Bociaga studying at Purdue University, CA joins UAVS as its latest student member
Student membership of UAVS is a recent innovation by UAVS but membership in this category is growing steadily as postgraduates especially seek expert advice and information to support their specialisms and theses. Date Line: 11 March 2010
News Line: Best Attended Yet UAVS Industry Day at Rolls-Royce, Bristol
Over 50 delegates representing all the major and some of the smaller UAS UK companies attended the latest UAVS Industry Day at Rolls-Royce Bristol to network and to review two subjects, UAS Power & Propulsion and the role of composites in UAS. 6 new members were present. Copies of some of the presentations will be made available within the Members' Area in due course. Date Line: 9 March 2010
News Line: Resource Group Ltd Joins UAVS
Resource Group provides a number of specialist services to the aerospace and defence industries including specialist manpower services. It recognises the growing importance of UAS in terms of capability and therefore sees membership of UAVS as an essential step towards networking and being part of this industry. Date Line: 25 February 2010
News Line: Cobham Advanced Composites Ltd Joins UAVS
Cobham Advanced Composites already supplies specialist composite solutions to the aerospace and defence industries but is seeing many more opportunities in the UAS market. By joining UAVS it can now attend the Industry Day at Rolls-Royce which is in part addressing how composites could be used in UAS in the future. Date Line: 24 February 2010
News Line: CERAM Research Ltd Joins UAVS
CERAM Research Ltd has joined UAVS to access the UAS market and to market its materials testing, anaylsis and consultancy services. Based in Stoke-on-Trent, CERAM Research is the UK operation of a worldwide materials consultancy. Date Line: 23 February 2010
News Line: Moog Controls Ltd Joins UAVS
Tewkesbury-based Moog Controls Ltd has joined UAVS. With an established presence in the military and commercial aerospace sector, it is now finding opportunities within the UAS sector for its control systems and it sees its alignment with UAVS as an important step towards recognition within the UAS community. Date Line: 22 February 2010
News Line: Aero Systems Marketing Joins UAVS
UK-based Aero Systems Marketing is a business development and marketing consultancy specialising in the representation of US aerospace companies in the UK. It has joined UAVS as it sees significant potential for some of the actuation systems of its clients and intends to utilise the excellent networking opportunities available within UAVS to develop more business. Date Line: 17 February 2010
News Line: PPA Ltd Joins UAVS
PPA Group, a composites and specialist materials supply company based in Deeside, Flintshire, already supplies the aerospace, automotive, leisure and construction industries with advanced solutions. PPA believes that it can now offer the UAS industry similar solutions where reducing mass, improving performance and minimising profile are key criteria. Date Line: 12 February 2010
News Line: Advanced Fuel Systems Ltd T/A FuelSafe UK Joins UAVS
Advanced Fuel Systems Ltd based in Newport, Essex, offers innovative fuel solutions to the aerospace and automotive industries and sees opportunities in larger UAS. To reach this customer base AFS has joined UAVS for the business networking opportunities on offer. Date Line: 28 January 2010
News Line: UAVS presents at Midland Aerospace Alliance's "UAV Markets and Technologies" Events
UAVS was one of the presenters at the Midland Aerospace Alliance's one day conference on UAV Markets and Technologies held at the Derby City Football Ground, Pride Park Stadium, Derby. UAVS was able to bring the 100+ delegates up to date on the following subjects: Date Line: 20 January 2010
News Line: UAVS announces the Date of the Next UAVS Industry Day
The next UAVS Industry Day will take place in Bristol on Thursday March 11, 2010. The day will address two separate themes: UAV power and propulsion and the importance of composites in UAVs. Further details can be found on the Members' Events page. This is a UAVS Member Only event. Date Line: 12 January 2010
News Line: Aerial Survey and Photography Joins UAVS
Aerial Survey and Photography, a UAS services start up business based in Tadley, Hampshire, has applied to join the Association. Aerial Survey and Photography represents the fourth UAS operator service provider in the last 4 months to join UAVS as these operators being to realise that a recent change to CAA policy on unmanned aerial surveillance may impact their business models unless they can address the new requirements and act on advice available through the Association. Date Line: 6 January 2010
News Line: intelliDrones Ltd Joins UAVS
intelliDrones Ltd, an aerial photography and surveillance company operating UAS quadrotors based near Southampton, has joined the Association. The Association's work on regulation and certification was a key reason for intelliDrones becoming part of this network. Date Line: 1 January 2010
News Line: Chairman's New Year Message to Members
"As we move from one decade to another, I would like to take this opportunity to send Best Wishes and Season’s Greetings to you, our members. The Christmas break is also a good time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. The last 18 Months has seen difficult economic conditions for all our members and we appreciate your continued support. The Council of the Association has taken this period to introduce a number of significant changes to make it stronger into the future:- We have re-organised to ensure that the Association is more flexible and better able to address members' needs and requirements This web site has been substantially overhauled with a new Library section, and We've started a public discussion forum on the LinkedIn social networking site
Although we see that the changes we have put in place are starting to make a difference we canvassed the membership to see what you wanted the Association to do in to the future. The Association continues to represent the views and needs of all the memberships in a large number committees and decision making groups. This is vital work as access is not open to individuals or the smaller organisations to represent themselves and our recent survey reaffirmed your support for this work. Details of those committees and working we attend on your behalf are listed on the webpage and where minutes are available they are posted in the Members' section of the Library. If you'd like a specific item raised at one of these meetings, please contact the relevant person. I am very pleased to see the continued growth of our SME membership particularly as the UAS industry is still in its early days in comparison to manned aviation and thus very much needs the innovation and energy that these organizations can bring. Another exciting development is that the UAVS initiated ASTRAEA programme may get approval for its second stage in the New Year, enabling continued research in to vital areas such as Sense and Avoid, Autonomy, Communications and Security, HCI and Prognostics and Health Management. The Association will continue to represent the membership on the ASTRAEA Executive Steering Board. The members only events in 2009 have been a great success with visits to the Thales Watchkeeper and QinetiQ Zephyr facilities and an extremely informative day at the British Antarctic Survey discussing UAS operations in this harsh environment. We plan to continue these events in 2010: your suggestions will be welcome. In fact any suggestions made through the comments box on this website come straight to me and I want to hear from you on any aspect of the Association’s activities. I would like to close by wishing all our members a prosperous New Year and I look forward to meeting more of you personally in 2010." Gary Clayton - Chairman Date Line: 17 November 2009
News Line: Cyberhawk Innovations Ltd Joins UAVS
Cyberhawk Innovations, based on the Alba Campus in Livingston, Scotland, is a new start-up offering quadrotor UAS inspections for the oil and gas industry. This application of UAS has long been seen as a potentially lucrative and important use of UAS. UAVS is ideally placed to help Cyberhawk Innovations appreciate the most recent developments in regulation and certification as well as provide important links to others in the UAS industry that might help it achieve its potential. Date Line: 4 November 2009
News Line: UAS Operations in Antarctica
UAVS organised a mini-conference in Cambridge, UK, on Wednesday 4 November 2009 at British Antarctic Survey reviewing opportunities for UAS operations in Antarctica and the latest concerns from and latest developments within the CAA on future UAS regulation. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) first flew a UAV in Antarctica in 2007 and is looking to utilise UAS for its atmospheric research in remote locations, in some cases over 900 nm from the launch point. Long endurance, reliability and resilience to the extreme conditions are prerequisites for any new UAS offering. BAS is also considering hosting a small UAS flying demonstration in September 2010 and was looking for both CAA and UAVS input on the requirements, possibilities and scope of such a demonstration. Over 30 delegates attended on what was deemed by all to be a very successful event. A full written report and a copy of the proceedings are available to members. Date Line: 30 October 2009
News Line: Unmanned Air Vehicle Security and Intelligence (UAVSI) Joins UAVS
UAVSI, part of Universal Target Systems Ltd, is the latest UK-based small UAS manufacturer to join UAVS. UAVSI builds the Vigilant UAV and has realised that it needs to appreciate the latest developments within the regulatory and certification fields if its marketing and sales strategy is going to be successful. Date Line: 20 October 2009
News Line: AJS Support Ltd Joins UAVS
AJS Support provides a portfolio of technical support to customers, primarily to the defence servicesm including remote imagery support using a quadrotor UAV. As a UAS operator AJS Support is keen to understand what the regulatory environment is and where it is headed. Date Line: 5 October 2009
News Line: STAR UAV Joins UAVS
STAR UAV, the new trading entity for Alex Hardy, is looking to have its new UAV design certified for civil operations in the near future. Alex Hardy believes that UAVS can assist in STAR UAV through introductions and networking to the right people thus achieving this aim. Date Line: 22 July 2009
News Line: AESIR joins UAVS
AESIR, previously Geoff's Flying Saucers, joined UAVS at UV Europe on 22 July 2009. AESIR has a number of revolutionary designs that it is hoping will find unique applications for certain customers. Date Line: 22 and 23 July 2009
News Line: UV Europe 2009 - Conference & Exhibition
UAVS exhibited at UV Europe at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, South Wales from 22 to 23 July. Its Chairman, Gary Clayton, chaired Day 2 of the Conference. UAVS was delighted it was able to support its Preferred Partner for Press & Publicity, Shephard Press and its sister company Shephard Exhibitions and Conferences in this way. Date Line: 9 July 2009
News Line: 2nd UAVS Industry Day for 2009 at QinetiQ
9 members attended the second 2009 UAVS Industry Day at QinetiQ on Thursday July 9, 2009 to hear about the notable achievements of Zephyr and QinetiQ's expectations for the future use of civil UAVs. Date Line: 2 June 2009
News Line: Changes to Wales Airspace
The Welsh Assembly Government is championing a change to the airspace over Wales to allow for the extended flying of UAVs in segregated airspace. UAVS hosted a forum in London on June 2 where the proposed changes were reviewed. UAVS supports this change giving the UK a dedicated segregated area in which to carry out experimental and certificatory flying of UAVs. Date Line: 30 March to 1 April 2009
News Line: 24th International Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems Conference
UAVS actively supported the University of Bristol's 24th UAVs Conference by providing a session chairman and an exhibit. The Conference provided an excellent opportunity to renew acquaintances and to hear about some of the latest UAS developments both in academic world and in live UAS operations. Date Line: 25 February 2009
News Line: 1st UAVS Industry Day of 2009 at Thales, Crawley
19 UAVS members attended a morning visit to Thales Aerospace at Crawley to hear about the latest developments on the Watchkeeper Programme and Thales' predictions for the future of the UAS market. Networking before, during and after the presentations was intense generating many new contacts and a number of new business opportunities. |
