15 December 2020
BT led consortium wins Future Flight Challenge Fund project – backed by the Government’s Industrial Strategy – to revolutionise the way people, goods and services use drone technology
Project XCelerate will establish the UK’s first commercial drone corridor in open and unrestricted airspace to prove how automated drones and manned aviation can safely co-exist
Consortium will demonstrate flight trials across a number of key use cases including medical deliveries and rapid response for the emergency services
BT took a significant leap into the commercial drones market today, as the company announced the formation of a new consortium to deliver a series of industry use cases across the UK’s first commercial drone corridor. BT, together with Altitude Angel and a number of UK tech start-ups, have been selected by UK Research and Innovation to deliver “Project XCelerate” – a key Future Flight Challenge project[1] which will establish the UK’s fi