The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today (September 26) approved Windracers to conduct the UK’s first civil uncrewed aerial system international operation.
Windracers has been given approval by the CAA and Luftfartstilsynet (Civil Aviation Authority of Norway) to fly its dual-use heavy-lift drone, Windracers ULTRA, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) from Tingwall Airport in the Shetlands to Haugesund Airport in Norway.
This is the first time a long-distance drone has been approved to fly for civil purposes between UK airspace and the adjoining airspace of another state. The approval was enabled by the creation of temporary danger areas, providing a controlled corridor to facilitate the flight.
The airspace will cover a distance of 378 kilometres (235 miles) from Shetland, over the North Sea, and across the Scottish/Polaris Flight Information Region (FIR) boundary into Norwegian airspace.
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