Our Mission

NDIG offers industry a gateway solution to accelerate the development and use of uncrewed systems.

We reach out and offer organisations the ability to:

  • Design, develop, test, and operate their solution, following an innovation process that improves success rates for products and services

  • Access office space, workshops, and event facilities to help them grow, market and successfully develop their ideas / projects

  • Benefit from our specialist regulatory, engineering, safety, operational knowledge, strategy, and research expertise and resources

  • Connect and partner with suitable stakeholders that can add value, unlock opportunities, and improve their product offering e.g Cranfield Airport, Bettany Centre, Cranfield academic experts, potential investor partner

Our Partners

  • As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Cranfield University provides a wealth of knowledge through its access to academic research. It provides access to cutting edge facilities, such as DARTeC, Eagle Labs and AVIATE, allowing operators to work alongside other UAS innovators in a modern workspace.

  • Ebeni is a Safety Consultancy SME whose core business is the assessment & assurance of safety and mission critical operations, applications and products in the aerospace, defence, and ATM markets. Our team utilises our broad aviation capabilities such as operational and engineering safety, cybersecurity, regulatory expertise, assurance, safety management, software assurance, aerospace, design and certification and airworthiness to support customers involved in drone development through the entire lifecycle. As seasoned project managers, we can help deliver projects from concept through to operation and beyond.

  • As a future-facing technological innovator, Neuron Innovations provides advanced technical solutions to novel UAS issues, data collection and analysis from testing/prototyping, and access to a decentralised surveillance network via its 4DSKY app. Neuron Innovations provides a trust layer of future mobility, particularly ensuring the safe separation of aircraft. We apply our software development and integration expertise, with a focus on decentralising automation and mobility with partner organisations in their respective ecosystems.