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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,…
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
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
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.
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.
Meet our team: Josh Smithurst, Team Lead and Drone Pilot
Josh started with Skyports at the start of 2024 as a Drone Pilot, making it to Team Lead not too long after. Here he talks about what it’s really like, from the nitty gritty of project planning to hanging out at monster truck rallies in Michigan.
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.