Is America calling the shots? Drone ban in UK – sUAS News

This isn’t really cricket. Greater flight restrictions are in place in around 11 regions of the UK as US hysteria moves across the pond. This amounts to less than 140 square miles of airspace closed exclusively to drones. Crewed aircraft can still fly across it.

I contacted the CAA’s airspace regulation team and press office to determine whether NATS and the CAA had evidence to support these restrictions, and whether the U.S. government had anything to do with it.

This is it –

Hi Gary

Thank you for your email. If you have any questions regarding these airspace restrictions, please contact the Department of Defense Press Office. You can contact us at (email protected):

thank you

I will do it now! The response is:

Hi Gary,

Find our answers below:

A Defense Ministry spokesman said:

“We take the threat seriously and maintain strong measures on the defense front.

background

• The Department of Defense continues to work closely with the United States Visiting Forces (USVF), police and other partners to respond to recent incidents.

• We will not be providing any live commentary on operational security issues or possible drone sightings.

Ian Hudson said the provisions of section 239 give police powers to use reactive measures.

The Secretary of State for Transport has decided that for national security reasons it is necessary to introduce restrictions on drone flights under Article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016.

These flight restrictions do not apply to manned aircraft.

Restricted airspace (temporary) for unmanned aerial vehicles is established as detailed in position Column 1 of the table below.
Pursuant to Paragraph 3, drones may not fly below the altitudes detailed in Column 3 within a 2NM radius of their location.
This is detailed in column 2.

Paragraph 2 does not apply to unmanned aerial vehicles.

a) Operated by or on behalf of:
me. Ministry of Defense Police;
ii. Police air support units or fire and rescue services responding to emergency incidents.
b) Flying under the permission of the Ministry of Defense Police, who can be contacted by phone number 01423-846800 or 01423-846322.

Further information on restricted airspace capabilities is in the daily AIS Information Line messages 08085-354802 and 01489-887515 and is included in the Preflight Information Bulletin (PIB) via the AIS website at http://nats.aero/ais.

Any further inquiries may be directed to Mr AH Frew, Airspace Regulator, Safety and Airspace Regulation Group, Civil Aviation Authority, at: (email protected)

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