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Skyports Drone Services conducts Proof-of-Concept Shore-to-Ship drone deliveries in Michigan’s Great Lakes region
Project to demonstrate the capability of UAV-enabled maritime services, conducted in partnership with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Michigan Office of Future Mobility & Electrification (OFME), serving Interlake Steamship, a bulk cargo vessel operator with operations across the Great Lakes region.

Smart Skies, Healthy Waters named a winner of the fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge
Smart Skies, Healthy Waters, a world-first innovation that uses automated drones and real-time data analytics to monitor water quality has been named a winner of the fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge by the Ofwat Innovation Fund, also being a headline project from the challenge.

Skyports Drone Services acquires Redbird Aero, marking official entry into the Australian market
Acquisition to bring world-class expertise in uncrewed aerial systems, supporting critical logistics, healthcare, and infrastructure inspection solutions across the country London, UK, 16th April 2025 – Skyports Drone Services (Skyports), the global leader in drone delivery and inspection services for healthcare, maritime, logistics and energy use cases, has acquired Redbird Aero, Australia’s leading large cargo…

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 UK’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…