Apian Ltd Apian Northumbria NHS Aerial Delivery Network

This proposal is for a Temporary change to the notified airspace design, for which a scaled airspace change process applies and a change level is not applicable.

The change sponsor, in conjunction with the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and utilising the government funded Small

Business Research Initiative, is looking to conduct feasibility trials using uncrewed air vehicles (UAV) between hospitals in Northumbria

for the distribution of medical payloads such as chemotherapy drugs and urgent medical supplies and samples. The change sponsor is

proposing an evaluation of the potential advantages of transporting such time sensitive small and medium-weight healthcare items by

use of UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) delivery operations during the autumn of 2022. In order to do this in the area selected

for this activity, current regulation requires the activity to be contained within segregated airspace.

This is the area which may be affected by this airspace change depending on its development. This area may change as the proposal is developed.