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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.
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.
Breaking Barriers: Transforming health and logistics with drones in remote Australia
By Scott Wheeler, Head of APAC, Skyports Drone Services. Australia, with its vast landscapes, sprawling coastlines, and widely dispersed population, presents a unique set of challenges, and opportunities, for drones or Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). Across healthcare, infrastructure, environmental management, and defence, drones are poised to transform how Australia responds to its geographical realities…
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…