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Barnard Microsystems Limited

BML - Unmanned Aircraft for Civilian, Security and Military Applications

BML design, develop and manufacture unmanned aircraft systems for use in civilian applications around the world. Our primary services include: oil, gas and mineral exploration activities; oil, pipeline and related infrastructure monitoring; land and maritime border patrol.

CRN
02036636
Founded
1986
Age
39

Overview

Legal name
BARNARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED
Region
South West England
Registered address
STAFFORD HOUSE
BLACKBROOK PARK AVENUE
TAUNTON
SOMERSET
TA1 2PX
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
31 Oct
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

31 Jul
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

17 Jul
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Jan
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

14 Jul
1986

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

23 awards
First funded
2008
Funded years
2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Age at first award
21 years

Projects

2015 Collaborative R&D

AQUILA - Secure and Robust Communication System for Avionics Operations and Acquisition of Payload Data for Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA)

1 Dec 2015 to 31 Aug 2018

Awarded
£498,827
Total cost £997,654

The AQUILA project will address through research and innovation a new lightweight and high capacity communication system that is secure and robust designed for the low cost Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) market, propose new protocols for wireless enabled systems and connectivity for in-flight operations acquisition of aircraft data using AQUILA to improve ...

2015 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

ADAS20 = Airborne Detect and Avoid System 2020

1 Aug 2015 to 31 Jul 2018

Awarded
£737,153
Total cost £1,474,306

We are developing Remotely Piloted Aircraft ("RPA") for use in scientific (ice thickness monitoring), commercial (oil, gas and mineral exploration) and state (border patrol) applications. The greatest technical challenge to the use of RPA, operating Beyond Line Of Sight ("BLOS"), is the deployment of an effective collision detection sensor, combined with ...

2015 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

rpaDataMap = UASA II = Mapping multisensor data from Remotely Piloted Aircraft

1 Feb 2015 to 31 Jan 2016

Awarded
£98,717
Total cost £164,529

We are developing Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) for use throughout the world in scientific, commercial (oil and mineral exploration and oil pipeline monitoring) and state (border patrol and the management of disaster relief efforts) applications. The aim of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of software using 3D computer game technology to p...

2014 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

RPAsatcoms II = Airborne Antenna Array

1 Nov 2014 to 31 Oct 2015

Awarded
£98,788
Total cost £164,647

This Proof of Concept ("PoC") project is a follow on from our RPASatComs Proof of Market ("PoM") Project 700335, in which we confirmed the market for an antenna with an electronically steerable beam, embedded in the wing of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft ("RPA"), as part of a satellite communications ("satcoms") terminal. We are developing RPA for use throug...

2014 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

ACTION - UARAD III = Airborne Collision Detection sensor for use on Unmanned Aircraft

1 Oct 2014 to 30 Sep 2015

Awarded
£97,936
Total cost £163,227

This Proof of Concept ("PoC") project is a follow on from our UARAD Proof of Market ("PoM") Project 700298, in which we confirmed the market for this sensor. In this project, we propose the design, development and characterisation of an all weather airborne object collision detection sensor for use on unmanned aircraft ("UA"). We are developing UA for use...

2014 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Smart Wing

1 Sep 2014 to 28 Feb 2015

Awarded
£55,888
Total cost £74,517

The objective of the project is to study the feasibility of manufacturing electronic and photonic components, which will be embedded within the outer skin of the wing of an unmanned aircraft ("UA"). UA are used in oil, gas and mineral exploration activities and need to be able to operate in hostile climatic conditions, including the extreme cold of the Ar...

2014 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

ENSA = Enhanced Situational Awareness for robotic vehicle control

1 Jul 2014 to 31 Oct 2014

Awarded
£24,572
Total cost £32,762

We are developing Remotely Piloted Aircraft for use in commercial applications. In this Feasibility Study we plan to demonstrate a new user experience to better enable a remote pilot on the ground to manually control the landing of the RPA. The manual option is often used in an emergency situation. We urgently need to improve the situational awareness of ...

2014 GRD Proof of Market Lead participant

LoRAD = Low power RADAR sensor for use in collision detection on small Remotely Piloted Aircraft

1 Apr 2014 to 30 Sep 2014

Awarded
£24,000
Total cost £40,000

We are developing Remotely Piloted Aircraft ("RPA") for use in scientific (ice thickness monitoring), commercial (oil and mineral exploration) and state (border patrol) applications. The greatest technical challenge to the use of RPA, operating Beyond Visual Line Of Sight ("BVLOS"), is the deployment of an effective, all weather, collision detection syste...

2014 GRD Proof of Market Lead participant

RPAsatcoms = Lightweight, affordable, satellite communications for use on small Remotely Piloted Aircraft

1 Feb 2014 to 31 Jul 2014

Awarded
£24,000
Total cost £40,000

We are developing small (4 m wingspan) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) for use throughout the world in scientific, commercial (oil, gas and mineral exploration and production) and state (border patrol) applications. Many of these applications require the operation of the RPA Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) in areas with little, or no, telecommunications infra...

2013 GRD Proof of Market Lead participant

UARAD = Miniature Scanning RADAR for use in Collision Detection on an Unmanned Aircraft

1 Nov 2013 to 30 Apr 2014

Awarded
£24,000
Total cost £40,000

We are developing small unmanned aircraft (UA) for use throughout the world in scientific, commercial (oil, gas and mineral exploration and production) and state (border patrol) applications. The greatest technical challenge to the use of UA operating beyond line of sight is the development of an effective collision detection sensor. This is a requirement...

2013 GRD Proof of Market Lead participant

UASA Sensor a miniature Synthetic Aperture Sensor for use in real time imaging from Unmanned Aircraft

1 Sep 2013 to 28 Feb 2014

Awarded
£24,000
Total cost £40,000

The aim of this 6 month Proof of Market project is to investigate the commercial feasibility of a miniature sensor,using electromagnetic signals and synthetic aperture data processing, to image underlying terrain in any weather conditions, in real time, from an unmanned aircraft (UA). The key features of this UASA sensor are: • range up to 1 km with a res...

2013 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

GeoSwarm = A swarm of robotic airborne sensor platforms with wireless networking

1 Jun 2013 to 28 Feb 2014

Awarded
£56,674
Total cost £94,457

The aim of this technology inspired innovation is to develop the software and hardware to enable the demonstration of a swarm of robotic airborne sensor platforms (RASPs) capable of performing tasks quickly, autonomously and far less expensively than is possible with a single sensor platform, or, performing tasks that cannot otherwise be accomplished usin...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies GRD Proof of Concept GRD Proof of Market