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Skyports raises in excess of $110M in Series C round led by new investment from ACS

Skyports today announced that ACS Group, one of the world’s foremost infrastructure and construction companies, has made a substantial equity investment in Skyports, to become the largest investor in the company.

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Meet the team: Chloe Prescott, Hub Operator, Royal Mail 

Since 2023 Skyports and Royal Mail have been operating the UK’s first permanent inter-island drone delivery service, delivering mail to the island residents of Graemsay and Hoy in the Orkney Islands. Here we catch up with Chloe Prescott, one of Royal Mail’s Hub Operators, who works with Skyports’ remote pilots to make the service run like clockwork and help ensure island residents get their essential mail delivered on time.

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Meet the team: Darryl Woon, Flight Ops Manager, Singapore

Singapore is one of our main global drone operations hubs. Here we catch up with Darryl Woon, FlightOps Manager in Singapore, to hear about some of the unique challenges that come with operating drones in such a densely populated city, and how he oversees operations that run seven days a week for one of our customers.

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Skyports Drone Services, RWE and Skyways conduct Germany’s first long-range drone deliveries to offshore wind turbines

Flying an automated ~80km round trip from RWE’s operation and maintenance base, and carrying cargo of up to 10kg, trial demonstrated drones’ ability to improve logistical flexibility in challenging offshore environments

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SATE project awarded new funding through Innovate UK Future Flight competition

Participating as part of a 13 partner strong consortium led by HITRANS, Skyports Drone Services will be responsible for overseeing the project’s feasibility reporting – assessing the practical, technical, and commercial readiness for drone-based operations in Argyll & Bute and the Orkney Islands, as well as helping the wider consortium with regulatory know-how London, UK,…

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Project ‘Dragon’s Heart’ launches, bringing NHS Wales closer to drone deliveries

Bristol, UK, 29th September 2025 – The Department for Transport and Innovate UK has today announced funding awards for aerospace innovators driving the next generation of flight technologies. As a part of this funding, Project ‘Dragon’s Heart’ will receive backing to develop drone solutions for the Welsh Ambulance Service and Welsh Blood Service, and generate…

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Skyports Drone Services and Quantum Systems form partnership, launching new drone surveillance service ‘Overwatch’

Announced at DSEI UK 2025, collaboration combines Quantum Systems’ advanced unmanned platforms with Skyports’ global operational expertise.

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Airborne solutions to waterborne problems – drones’ potential for UK Water

With the UK facing up to longer term issues around water security, our own Peter Stirratt shares his thoughts on the role that drones could play in safeguarding UK water systems, from monitoring reservoirs to identifying leaks in pipelines, and helping to remotely monitor water quality in waterways.

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Meet the Team: Kanyarat Nanthavisit, Regulatory & Safety Associate

Whilst the Regulations and Safety team operates “behind the scenes”, they are critically important to the safe and successful completion of our missions.

Here we speak to our Regs & Safety Associate Kanya to get the inside view from the Regs team – covering some of our latest regulatory “big wins”, to how drone regulations compare to regulations within conventional aviation.

L-R: Sofie Peeters, AZ Turnhout; Anje Vermeiren, A-kwadraat; Elilie De Bruyn, AZ Turnhout; Jef Geudens, Skyports Drone Services

Skyports Drone Services and AZ Turnhout launch medical drone delivery service in Kempen, Belgium, with drones piloted from the UK

Initially operating two routes and delivering medication and pathology samples, the trial is operating with a view to creating Belgium’s first permanent medical drone delivery network

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Skyports Drone Services and TFG Marine successfully complete Singapore’s first ever drone operations involving bunker tanker vessels, safely transporting bunker samples

Following extensive safety research, the trial flights demonstrate drones’ potential to operate in marine fueling environments under stringent safety requirements, improving port safety, efficiency and sustainability

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Meet the team: Julia Smith-Vidal, Technical Operations Manager 

Having the best technology out there and making sure it’s working right is critical to the success of our operations. Here we catch up with one of our TechOps Managers, Julia, to hear how she keeps our missions running like clockwork.

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Meet our team: Tom Brough, Drone Pilot

Drone Pilots play a critical role in our operations, and there’s more to it than you’d think. We sat down with one of our new pilots, Tom Brough, to get the inside scoop on what it’s really like.