Cranfield University
About the project:
The winner in the 'Airspace Management' category is Cranfield University for their work on National Beyond visual line of sight Experimentation Corridor. NBEC is committed to providing safe environments to test and develop technologies to enable flying drones beyond visual line of sight in non-segregated airspace. Cranfield University and its NBEC collaborators believe that the future of drone operations is not through segregation but rather through integration, ensuring fair and equitable use of airspace for all. NBEC will help inform Regulators of what is safely possible - something that is very much-needed to propel the drone industry forward.
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What Airwards Judges said:
A very exciting project and concept, especially for safe urban operations. The NBEC is a first for the UK and the potential is huge. It is a leading example of collaboration between academic and industry, bringing together a number of leading organisations and working closely with the CAA. The combination of research, industry and cutting-edge technology shows great promise for this package of innovation to offer a genuine solution for drone operations BVLOS. The combination of technologies as well as the roadmap for scalable deployment is highly innovative.
