Spray / Seeding / Surveillance
Environment
Agricultural
Drones
SEAD
Artists
United experts in advanced and safe
environmental operations
Deploying the capability of drones as a combination of services to survey, spray and seed for both environmental
and agricultural benefits.
SEAD Artists united in the spring of 2023 in the UK to form a consortium of experts in advanced, safe, agricultural drone operations and the next generation of safety and monitoring systems. Our partners are world leading experts in drone operations including licensed drone operators, safety experts, computer scientists, land management experts with business development expertise that advance the sector beyond UK and EU operations
Partners
DronePrep
Architects of the first real world drone deliveries in England and Scotland for the NHS and Royal Mail and securing the associated safety cases, land ownership and airspace approvals. DronePrep current lead the Future Flight Challenge Open Skies Cornwall project in Cornwall in 2023/4. Their founder has previously been engaged in Agricultural projects around Hartpury and will be focussing on the landowner management and marketing this unique value proposition.
Skypointe
Skypointe's CEO is a serving Airline Captain, sits on the LHR Flight Ops Safety Committee. He also instigated the Shared Airspace Council to bring manned aviation into inclusive airspace discussions with the drone industry. He is a member of the BALPA Environmental committee, Air Traffic Services Working Groups, and reviewed the PWC Skies without Limits v2.0 as a select group of industry experts.
AutoSpray Systems
They are currently the only UK company permitted to use drones for spraying and spreading purposes, achieving the technological and legislative requirements for Agricultural / Forestry and Horticultural uses. AutoSpray Systems are experts in uncrewed aviation and their use in traditional agriculture. Bringing together this expertise into Paludiculture not only allows the aerial application of seeds / spores / fertilisers / nutrients but also works towards the UK wide scalability of this farming technique.
Aerofirm
World-leading safety case expert around drone operations and BVLOS. Development of scalable extensible sensor-based components for remote sensor data collection – providing a quantitative data output.
