UK Initiative Boosts Move Toward UAVs In Controlled Airspace
One artist’s concept depicts a future cargo UAV, which is projected as one use for unmanned aircraft in commercial air transportation.
One artist’s concept depicts a future cargo UAV, which is projected as one use for unmanned aircraft in commercial air transportation.

Two UK airports announced earlier this year the creation of a National Aeronautical Centre (NAC) for the testing of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), the first such nongovernment venture in Europe. West Wales Airport at Aberporth and Newquay Airport in Cornwall, southwest England, have linked up to jointly offer to UAS developers (Unmanned Vehicles area, Stand 645) their facilities and runways, along with access to large offshore testing areas.