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The Metropolitan Police has issued a clear warning to protesters who plan to ‘shut down Heathrow Airport’ on the 18th June that they could face life in prison. In a statement, Deputy Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner Laurence Taylor said that “If flown into the path of an aircraft, a drone [read more]

Flying a drone or other unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near an airport or airfield will be a criminal offence next month when new legislation comes into force extending the restricted areas. From the 13 March 2019 the flight restriction zone around airports and airfields changes and under new rules the [read more]

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is expected to be closed until at least 16:00hrs today following a sustained drone attack on the airport that forced it to close its runway late last night. Reports first emerged just late yesterday evening that a number of drones where being flown in the vicinity [read more]

In a UK first, Unmanned Drones have been flown safely alongside manned aircraft in a demonstration at Manchester Airport. Overseen by UK NATS, the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control services, Operation Zenith was designed to showcase the ability of unmanned aerial vehicles to work safely within an airport environment [read more]

Yesterday July 25th 2018, Zephyr, the British military Drone built by Qinetic and Airbus Defense and Space at Farnborough has broken the world record for the longest continuous flight. The Zephyr took off on July 11th and is still up in the stratosphere at 56,700ft above Arizona in the USA. [read more]

Leeds based Commercial Drone provider, COPTRZ, has announced it has launched a Drone Detection system to protect airports. The turnkey solution is in partnership with leading Drone manufacturer DJI using the DJI Aeroscope detection systems which allows an operator to track telemetry data from drones in surrounding airspace of up to [read more]

With drones continuing to be high on many people’s Christmas lists this year, Manchester Airport is warning users of the dangers they pose to aircraft after a spate of incidents this year. The airport has seen incidents involving drones in the airspace around Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) rise by 113% in [read more]

The government has today published The Drone Bill which is designed to give police new powers on illegal and unsafe drone use. The draft bill will go before Parliament in Spring 2018 and will include changes to the Air Navigation Order to make drone users take safety awareness tests. The [read more]