Aren't UAV operations limited to airspace which is NOTAM'd for their operation?
For example, when BAE Systems are testing various UAV's around Barrow and Campbeltown, NOTAM's have been posted showing the area they are testing them.
There are some issued now:-
"RESTRICTED AREA (TEMPORARY) AT WALNEY ISLAND, CUMBRIA FOR A UAV TRIAL
WI THE AREA BOUNDED BY STRAIGHT LINES JOINING SUCCESSIVELY THE
FOLLOWING POINTS- blah blah blah"
I can't see a UAV whizzing around some of the most congested military airspace in the UK (Lincolnshire) without some kind of notice to other airmen, surely? OR Can they?
The only specified UAV operating airspace overland which will be permanent is that i thought being 'set up' south of SPTA for the Watchkeeper in a few years time.
The UFO spotters seem to be in overdrive around Lincolnshire lately, even spotting strange lights over Donna Nook.... where flares were being tested.