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Interview are already working with a number of UAS manufacturers to make this a reality. Digital Tethering™ has been on an amazing journey from an idea in lockdown to reality five years later and I am excited to see where we can take it to push the commercialisation of the drone industry in the UK and beyond.
The approval involves flying in nonsegregated airspace over complex and built-up areas. How is Drone Major addressing safety, regulatory compliance, and public confidence in this new operational paradigm? We have an amazing team of specialists who have been working closely with Network Rail and the CAA to ensure that every aspect of air and ground risk has been extremely carefully considered and mitigated. This has enabled us to fly BVLOS over live road networks( another UK first) and very close to populated areas which is testament to the professionalism of the Drone Major team and the diligence of the CAA who, quite rightly, really took us to task.
I can’ t discuss the details of how we achieved this as it is commercially sensitive, but I can say that we are launching a training course to assist other operating companies to achieve an Operational Authority through the new Specific Operational Risk Assessment( SORA) system launched earlier this year. We want other companies to use the Digital Tethering™ concept to achieve what we have so that we can accelerate the commercialisation of an industry which had, until now, been falling behind other countries.
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