National Aeronautical Centre aimed at developing UK's UAS potential
A new centre has been launched that is expected to put the UK at the forefront of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
The National Aeronautical Centre (NAC) is the world’s first private facility for UAS development that has been created through a partnership between West Wales Airport and Newquay Cornwall Airport.
NAC will enable the UK to capitalise on what is recognised by the global aerospace community as one of the world’s major economic growth opportunities. It will do this by letting military and civilian UAS developers test, evaluate, train and demonstrate unmanned systems that can operate beyond line of sight in non-segregated airspace whilst satisfying the requirements of regulatory authorities.
‘Industry must develop…systems and subsystems that can contribute to safe and reliable operations that the regulator requires and - as soon as possible - develop standards as a basis for future regulation,’ said Ray Mann, head of the NAC who added that the new facility has the capacity to deliver the necessary services and accommodation for all sizes of UAS envisaged for production and development over the next 20 years.
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