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it s transported to stromness and then it s flown by drone to graemsay and hoy, where staff then take them to their final destinations. i ve worked for royal mail for 20 years and i have to say this is the most exciting thing i ve ever been involved in. and having a chance to try new technology and hopefully introduce something that will become more commonplace in the future. but, yeah, it s really cutting edge stuff and it s really exciting to be involved in it. deliveries using unmanned vehicles have been trialled before in these islands, with much larger deliveries using this twin engine drone sending packages even further afield two years ago. but licensing rules prevented it from being made permanent. this new scheme has smaller electric drones and could be continued on a permanent basis under existing regulations. this pilot scheme without the pilots will run for three months. if its successful, unmanned drones could be the future of mail delivery and some of our most remote comm
Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have announced the launch of the Orkney I-Port operation, a drone delivery project established in partnership with Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair.