This proposal is for an Airspace Trial, for which a scaled airspace change process applies and a change level is not applicable.
ANSL is seeking a volume of airspace centred on the Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire for a six-month trial period to create a Temporary Reserved Area (TRA) that would enable the safe integration of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations with other airspace users. The TRA will be set up in line with the CAA policy concept (CAP2533).?
Skyports Deliveries Limited (hereby known as Skyports Drone Services) shall co-sponsor the airspace change proposal (ACP), contribute to stakeholder engagement exercises, and concept of operations (ConOps) and trial plan development.?
ANSL and Skyports Drone Services have been onboarded into the CAA Regulatory Sandbox (as detailed in CAP2540) to trial the policy concept referenced above.?
A successful project will test and validate our proposals in support of the CAA’s policy concept for the use of TRA’s as an ‘accommodation’ phase that will see the use of appropriate procedures and/or technology to accommodate the operation of UAS in unsegregated airspace; and complete a foundational step towards unlocking a concept of operations to support the extension of BVLOS operations as an integrated airspace management solution in line with the Airspace Modernisation Strategy (AMS).
