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Minutes Of Environmental Sustainability Panel 15 May 2025 (PDF)

TJ said that the Airspace Modernisation Team is working with Future Safety and Innovation teams on noise policies for drones, air taxis and space.

Last updated: 15 July 2025

CAP3192 (PDF)

We worked with the CAA SLT to identify priority sustainability issues and prepare input where the CAA SLT had a specific strategic interest in developing their understanding, including the impact of different forms of noise (e.g. drones vs road noise) and potential engineering routes for SAF.

Last updated: 24 November 2025

CAP1560 (PDF)

Supporting the safe growth of drones and spaceplanes have been particular areas of interest this year.

Last updated: 22 February 2024

What are the benefits of airspace modernisation?

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

CAP3107 (PDF)

OFFICIAL - PublicPicture: Steven Comber Start End Session 0900 0930 RFFS Presentation/ Update 0930 1000 C-UAS Operations 1000 1030 RAF Tutor 1030 1100 AFDD Best Practice 1100 1120 Coffee/Tea (Provided) Syndicate 1 Room Syndicate 2 Room Syndicate 3 Room DAE / Display Pilots FDD EO 1120 1300 Sea Fury engine failure HF incident Gazelle Sqn Consequences of HF in the Real World FDD Stories Stop Videos FCC construct Mil FDD construct Dr Geoff Coxon (BADA) 1300 1400 Lunch (Provided) 1400 1430 DAE / Display Pilots Summary to Main Forum FDD Summary to Main Forum EO Summary to Main Forum 1430 1515 FIA Best Practice 1515 1535 Reflections of 10 Years of Display Flying 1535 1540 Future Events /Dates 1540 1550 Closing Remarks Wednesday 19th March 2025 OFFICIAL - Public.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

Operational volume, ground risk buffer and adjacent area

What to include in your application

There's more information on calculating your ground risk buffer in JARUS guidelines on SORA, Annex A, Guidelines on collecting and presenting system and operation information for a specific UAS operation (opens in a new tab).

Last updated: 08 January 2026

StratReview (PDF)

The technological advances that are making UAV operations feasible may help to provide the spur to develop such technology further and developments based on existing technologies are beginning to emerge. 8.24 Systems such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transmit the position of the aircraft and velocity vector to other aircraft in the vicinity and any ground-based receiver.

Last updated: 22 February 2024

CAP1192 (PDF)

http://www.caa.co.uk/General-aviation/About-the-GA-unit/Operational-rules-for-Balloons http://www.caa.co.uk/General-aviation/About-the-GA-unit/Operational-rules-for-Balloons https://www.caa.co.uk/General-aviation/Safety-information/Sailplanes/ August 2019 Page 4 Airspace Electronic Conspicuity (EC): The CAA sees electronic Conspicuity (EC) as a key enabler for many of the future airspace and operational changes needed to deliver airspace modernisation in the UK, integrate new users such as commercial drones, and enable increased airspace sharing among all users while providing significant safety enhancements.

Last updated: 22 February 2024

Mid air collision

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.

Last updated: 12 July 2024

Report an accident or serious incident

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: 27 October 2025