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NHS laboratory specimens delivered by drone for first time by Project CAELUS
In a ground-breaking [MM1] first for Scotland, laboratory specimens have been flown from one NHS board to another – by drone. This step forward by the Project CAELUS initiative, led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland, took place during a three-week flight trial between NHS Lothian and NHS Borders. Live flying took place between…
Drone delivery trials take to the air in Argyll and Bute
Skyports Drone Services (Skyports) to carry out a series of flight demonstrations and inspections to explore how drone deliveries can benefit remote communities and businesses in the area.
Skyports and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to explore middle-mile drone logisticsĀ
Skyports Drone Services (Skyports), the global leader in drone logistics, surveys, and monitoring, has today announced a strategic partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) to explore the feasibility of middle-mile drone logistics in the New York and New Jersey region.Ā
Skyports Drone Services and Ground Control launch drone survey project with Network Rail
Skyports Drone Services (Skyports), the global leader in drone deliveries, surveys and monitoring, and Ground Control, the UKā€™s leading environmental maintenance and biodiversity company, have announced a new drone survey and AI data capture service with Network Rail.
Electric drones to help UK water companies monitor water quality
Skyports Drone Services in collaboration with Makutu has successfully completed maiden test flights for a new drone inspection service set to help water companies monitor and improve the quality of river and coastal water.
Skyports Drone Services and Field to revolutionise the utilities, road and rail sectors with greener, smarter, safer asset inspections and insight
Skyports Drone Services and Field announce a new service that gives utility and infrastructure owners and operators rapid and detailed insights into their assets to enable and inform critical decision-making faster, save inspection time and operational costs, improve safety, and reduce carbon footprint.
Skyports Drone Services onboards RigiTech to launch inter-island drone deliveries in Korea
Skyports Drone Services has today announced the launch of a new project in Yeosu City, Korea, for the delivery of pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs by drone. The project will be the first time Skyports Drone Services operates flights with new drone partner RigiTech. The Yeosu City drone project, supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and…
Skyports Drone Services demonstrates heavy lift for Royal Navy logistics and humanitarian use cases
Skyports Drone Services, the global leader in drone deliveries, surveys and monitoring, has today announced its successful participation in phase two of the Royal Navy Uncrewed Aerial Systems Heavy Lift Challenge (UASHLC) with Pelican Cargo, a fully autonomous and 100% electric, heavy-payload aircraft made by Pyka, the California-based leader in industrial autonomous electric aircraft technology.…
Skyports Drone Services partners with Carbonix to support scale up of long-range drone operations in Australia
Skyports Drone Services has partnered with Australian drone manufacturer Carbonix to scale beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations across the country using its long-range vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. In the first phase of the partnership, Skyports Drone Services will embed specialist international drone pilots within Carbonix. The expert pilots will provide Carbonix…
Skyports Drone Services partners with Equinor for cargo drone deliveries to offshore oil field
Skyports Drone Services, a leader in drone logistics, survey and monitoring operations, and Norwegian energy firm Equinor, have partnered to trial electric drone deliveries to oil installations (“oil rigs”) in the North Sea. The project aims to demonstrate how on-demand cargo drone services can solve logistical challenges and improve safety and sustainability in the offshore…
EMED Group and Skyports Drone Services trial medical courier services by drone
EMED Group, one of the largest healthcare logistic providers to the NHS, and Skyports Drone Services have successfully completed a proof-of-concept project aimed at bringing additional innovation and sustainability benefits to medical courier services. Launched in June 2023, the four-week trial was run with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), an existing…
Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services launch fully electric drone deliveries in Orkney
Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have today announced the launch of the Orkney I-Port operation, a drone delivery project established in partnership with Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have established a daily inter-island mail distribution service between three islands on Orkney. The project will initially operate…