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Meet the team: Grant Eaton, Flight Operations Manager, Australia
Grant Eaton is one of our Australian Flight Operations Managers, and has been central to getting us settled in and kicking off live operations.
Here we catch up with him to hear about everything he’s been up to, from setting up our Remote Operations Centre in Sydney for BVLOS flights, to executing a 150km drone survey for a major Australian infrastructure project.
Come on in: Skyports’ new flagship Drone Operations Hub
Join us for a quick virtual tour of our new facility, which provides us with the state-of-the-art facilities we need to drive our global operations to the next level.
Skyports Drone Services commences maritime drone demonstrator “BlueWater 2”, supporting UK green shipping
Supported by Innovate UK’s CMDC 6, project will see active drone operations across four maritime use cases, including: emissions monitoring, offshore drone delivery, long range maritime surveillance & automated port surveillance and monitoring
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.
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.
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
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,…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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