ADLC is proud to have obtained its Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) - First to Include Dangerous Goods Transport of Petrochemicals

The official handover of the LUC certificate took place during the XPONENTIAL Europe Drone Conference, where it was presented by Ms. Patricia Van Acker – Head of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport (Belgium) FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer / SPF Mobilité et Transports. « This moment marks not only a milestone for ADLC, but also 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐮𝐦’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 » said Van Acker.

With this milestone, ADLC reinforces its role as 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭-𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 in Belgium and across Europe. This is a major breakthrough that places ADLC among a very small group of highly advanced drone operators in Europe and beyond !

« This certification represents a critical step forward for ADLC, enabling the company to 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬. The achievement significantly accelerates ADLC’s mission to build scalable, safe, and efficient drone logistics solutions for high-value and sensitive cargo » said Rayan Quintaes, Co-founder & CEO at ADLC.

The company extends its sincere gratitude to Unifly Consulting for their expertise, guidance and commitment throughout the certification process.

ADLC also emphasizes that this achievement would not have been possible without the 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 : SGS, Stad Antwerpen, European Space Agency - ESA, BELSPO, VLAIO, and 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 Galactic Beacon Ventures, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, LRM, NXT Investment Club.

Media coverage

• La Libre : https://www.lalibre.be/dernieres-depeches/2026/03/25/adlc-obtient-une-licence-pour-le-transport-par-drone-de-produits-dangereux-BLLQLZLQYJBVRN5IKQJPOTAEFI/
• VRT News : https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/01/31/dronebedrijf-adlc-haalt-2-miljoen-euro-op-voor-internationale-gr/
• MSN : https://www.msn.com/fr-be/finance/actualite/adlc-obtient-une-licence-pour-le-transport-par-drone-de-produits-dangereux/ar-AA1ZnqLD
• Unifly : https://www.unifly.aero/adlc-achieves-belgiums-first-light-uas-operator-certificate-luc-including-dangerous-goods-supported-by-unifly-consulting/
• Drone-Magazin : https://www.drones-magazin.de/en/press/belgian-start-up-adlc-a-drone-logistics-company-reaches-major-milestone-with-luc-certification-becoming-one-of-the-few-operators-in-europe-to-enable-self-authorized-bvlos-drone-op-2/