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Consortium launched to explore 5G-enabled drone deliveries in hard-to-reach areas

A new consortium, led by leading drone delivery and inspection specialists, Skyports Drone Services, has launched to explore how 5G services can support the deployment of drone operations in rural areas.

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Lt. Governor Gilchrist Announces Over $6 Million to Four Projects Furthering the Stateā€™s Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) Leadership Ā Ā Ā 

Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist announced that four projects will receive $6.25 million in total funding to scale critical AAM infrastructure and deploy pilots that will generate operational data to validate the commercial potential of key AAM use cases and help inform the stateā€™s AAM policy. The funding will be provided through the AAM Activation Fund, a collaborative effort…

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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 worldā€™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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Exploring middle-mile logistics with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

In February 2024, Skyports Drone Services (Skyports) signed a strategic partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to explore middle-mile drone logistics. This Q&A outlines the key parameters of this new collaboration.

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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 

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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 UKā€™s leading environmental maintenance and biodiversity company, have announced a new drone survey and AI data capture service with Network Rail.

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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.

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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 partners with Equinor for cargo drone deliveries to offshore oil field

Skyports Drone Services, a leader in drone logistics, survey and monitoring operations, and Norwegian energy firm Equinor, have partnered to trial electric drone deliveries to oil installations (“oil rigs”) in the North Sea. The project aims to demonstrate how on-demand cargo drone services can solve logistical challenges and improve safety and sustainability in the offshore…

Skyports Drone Services demonstrates medical drone delivery capabilities to Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health

Reduces delivery times from approximately 55 minutes to under seven minutes Satun, Thailand, 2 JuneĀ 2023 Skyports Drone Services, the global leader in drone deliveries, surveys and monitoring, today successfully conducted a landmark medical drone delivery demonstration for Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health. The demonstration comes after Skyports Drone Services successfully obtained Beyond Visual Line of…

Next Phase of Project CAELUS to Develop UK’s First Medical Delivery Drone Network Launches

A consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network using drones has launched its next phase. CAELUS (Care & Equity Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland), secured Ā£10.1 million funding from the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) last month. To…

Forum for advanced drone operations unites innovators to unlock the next generation of aviation

The BVLOS Operations Forum, which includes the UK’s leading beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operators, brings together organisations at the cutting edge of uncrewed flight to learn from each other’s experiences, collectively improve their operations, and jointly develop solutions to the challenges faced by this fast-growing industry. The ever-increasing number of operators believe there are huge potential benefits…