Cranfield University has won an industry award for its research work in developing technology and safe operating procedures to enable drones to fly BVLOS in non-segregated airspace. Cranfield and the National Beyond visual line of sight Experimentation Corridor consortium – which includes Aveillant, Blue Bear Systems Research, Thales and Vodafone – won the award in the Airspace Management category within the Operations group of the inaugural Airwards.