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- Location/HQ
- Horncastle, Lincolnshire
- Regions covered
- Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, East Midlands, UK nationwide
- Services
- spreading, seeding, spraying, mapping, multispectral, greenhouse/polytunnel, solar, slug pelleting, roof-cooling coating, aerial lifting
- Drone/equipment models
- XAG P100 Pro
- Website
- https://www.vortex-aerial.co.uk/
- Public contact
- info@vortex-aerial.co.uk / 07828 992876
About Vortex Aerial Ltd
Vortex Aerial is a Lincolnshire agricultural drone contractor based at Horncastle, working across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and the wider East Midlands, and travelling further for larger jobs. Application work is flown with the XAG P100 Pro, using the RevoSpray tank for liquids and the RevoCast spreader for granular products, at an effective work rate of around 15 to 20 hectares an hour. The practical case for the drone is that it never touches the ground: no compaction, no tramlines and no lost yield, and it can work wet fields and steep or awkward ground a conventional sprayer cannot reach. Services cover cover crop and catch crop seeding, granular fertiliser, slug pelleting, foliar feeds and biostimulants, and NDVI and multispectral crop mapping, alongside glasshouse and polytunnel shading, coating removal and cleaning, solar panel cleaning, roof-cooling coating for livestock buildings, and winch lifting of fence posts and materials into remote or steep terrain. Application work is priced per hectare and published on the company's own site, with product supplied by the client. Unmanned aerial application services are provided under AutoSpray Systems Ltd's Civil Aviation Authority Operational Authorisation, with Vortex Aerial flying as a member of the AutoSpray Pilot Network. Registered as Vortex Aerial Limited, company number 17448284.
Regulatory notes
Listing submitted by the operator and confirmed by email from the business's own domain in September 2026. The operator has confirmed that flights are run under AutoSpray Systems Ltd's CAA Operational Authorisation (OA UAS 14429), with AutoSpray Systems as UAS operator of record and Vortex Aerial flying as a member of the AutoSpray Pilot Network. The business was incorporated in September 2026 and had not yet appeared in the public AutoSpray Pilot Network directory when checked. The operator's website states that pesticide application by drone is not available yet and is awaiting HSE approval, so application work is limited to products that do not require a Plant Protection Product approval, such as seed, granular fertiliser, slug pellets, foliar feeds and biostimulants. Public liability insurance is stated. Confirm current permissions, insurance and product suitability before work is arranged.