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Our Safety Leadership Group focussing on future e Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) operations.
Its principle aim is to consider the safety challenges that need to be solved to allow eVTOL aircraft and subsequently drone taxis to come to market: helping the UK's aviation sector to continue to be at the forefront of international technology.
Last updated: 11 August 2025
Our ability to judge the relative
distance of objects (depth perception) is limited
when those objects are relatively small or quite
far away - a combination often found when fying
drones.
Last updated: 13 September 2023
General information for applicants on requirements and how to apply.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Some UAV will require a C of A.
Last updated: 25 February 2026
Last updated: 10 January 2025
Last updated: 14 January 2026
Guidance for OA Applicants.
Ground risk mitigation measures OA applicants should use a RAE(F) if the following ground risk mitigation measures are applied: If the OA Applicant intends to operate a UAS weighing above 25kg, the OA Applicant should validate the mitigation measures M1A.C2.L.I and M1A.C2.L.A (Evaluation of penetration hazard) through a RAE(F).
Last updated: 23 March 2026
Supporting the integration of unmanned aircraft operating beyond visual line of sight.
These systems help different types of aircraft, including drones and traditional aircraft, to be visible to each other and to air traffic personnel.
Last updated: 25 March 2026
How to report an aircraft accident or incident.
This is inclusive of all accidents reportable to the CAA and AAIB including drone accidents: Article 13 Where the accident or serious incident occurred in the United Kingdom, the safety investigation authority shall be responsible for ensuring safe treatment of all evidence and for taking all reasonable measures to protect such evidence and for maintaining safe custody of the aircraft, its contents and its wreckage for such period as may be necessary for the purpose of a safety investigation.
Last updated: 23 March 2026
Quicker, quieter and cleaner journeys and more capacity.
Accommodating new types of aerial vehicle like drones can facilitate more effective services to businesses and the general public, as well as to the State through medical flights, search and rescue or law enforcement.
Last updated: 23 May 2024
Our Safety Plan.
In 2017 the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) assessed 272 Airprox, of which 159 were aircraft-to-aircraft encounters and 113 involved incidents with small unmanned air systems (SUAS) comprising 93 drones, 1 model aircraft, 6 balloons, and 13 unknown objects.
