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The organisation says it is "absolutely committed" to making sure the UK is at the forefront of the international drone industry.

CDP picks out a range of companies that have caught our attention this year and which are likely to have a bright future in what is becoming a fast-growing market.

Alex Finn described how the number of people taking their PfCO certification this year is nearly 1000x more than just eight years ago.

The drone industry descended on the NEC in Birmingham to see and hear what industry leaders had to offer.

The photography firm is hoping commercial pilots will start to make the most of its academy to improve their skillset.

Not a conventional technology company, but Cranfield University has been a progressive force in the industry with its work over the last year and it promises to continue that into 2019. The institution is an exclusively-postgraduate university and offers UAV programmes that focus specifically on key verticals such as aerospace, defence, security, energy, environment, agrifood, management, manufacturing, transport systems and water. As part of its drone work, Cranfield University has recently partnered with an EU-led project to test if the European Union is ready to deal with the imminent implementation and scale-up of drone operations. The work will start in

Its main market is in industrial inspection, where it aims to alleviate having to send people to dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of power generation, oil and gas, maritime, and chemical infrastructures.

It says its main mission is to develop software applications that facilitate drone traffic in the very-low-altitude airspace and has a strong focus on safety.

Rusta offers an unmatched variety of courses, created for individuals, companies and public entities from all industries and academic levels and also offers national level accreditation with NVQ level 3 & 4.

It specialises in delivering high precision engineered UAVs to companies involved in industrial, security and commercial applications and remains an investor in innovation.