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As part of our history within the drone industry, RUAS was the UK’s first accredited provider of remote pilot training and assessment since 2012, creating courses and learning throughout the country and beyond, and as one of our key members since its inception, Liarne has been a part of bringing these services to our students over the years.

Our waterborne ROV has two powerful, vectored, jet drives that allow it to work effectively in current without snagging any floating detritus. Basic payloads are aimed above the waterline for comprehensive video and imagery capture. However, sub-surface cameras and SONAR scanning is also an option below the surface, providing even more information for our clients. LIDAR is also an option in addition to various multi spectrum and stereo camera options, effectively removing any need to jeopardize workers in order to attain the highest in quality data capture.

The UAPS is mounted on a DJI Matrice M600 airframe. The design of the machine allows herbicide to be precisely delivered to targets such as Buddleia on vertical surfaces such as walls and windows, as well as canted surfaces such as guttering and roofs. In addition to ground-based targets including invasive species such as Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed and Japanese Knotweed.

Railscape is working on a number of Wallcrawler variants that use the thrust and aerodynamic effects generated by Electro Ducted Fans to overcome gravity. As the name suggests this enables the machine to not only crawl up walls but also work inverted on ceilings.

This week saw RUAS Training Academy deliver a General Visual Line of Sight Course (GVC) to a number of individuals across a plethora of organisations including Sky News, BBC News, a construction company and a company that offer film and media solutions.

Flight Restriction Zones were first introduced in 2019 to afford protection around aerodromes restricting drone access. The flight of any size drone within an FRZ is not permitted without the appropriate permission. Occasionally you may need to operate within an FRZ in order to complete a specific operation with your drone.