Royal Mail to trial the use of drone deliveries to the Isles of Scilly
Part of the trial will also include inter-island parcel deliveries across the Scillies
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The Royal Mail s new drone programme (Image: Royal Mail/PA Wire)
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Royal Mail is to trial the use of drones to deliver health and safety equipment, Covid testing kits and other items to the Isles of Scilly.
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University and Royal Mail trial drone deliveries to Isles of Scilly
The University of Southampton has worked with Royal Mail on a trial of fully autonomous scheduled drone flights. The trial will see the Company use Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flights to deliver Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), COVID testing kits and other mail to the Isles of Scilly.
The Government-funded project, which has been developed in partnership with DronePrep, Skyports, Consortiq Limited, Excalibur Healthcare Services and Windracers Limited, will initially have a particular focus on helping to fight the pandemic by delivering crucial PPE and testing kits to the islands’ most vulnerable and remote communities.
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Essential PPE and COVID testing kits have been delivered by autonomous drone flights between the UK mainland and Isles of Scilly as part of trials by Royal Mail and partners.
A test flight from the Cornish mainland to St. Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly is part of the trial of autonomous, scheduled flights (Image: Royal Mail)
Royal Mail has also carried out inter-island parcel deliveries across the Scillies as part of the trial, which is the first to execute ‘out-of-sight’ flights between the mainland and the islands with an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
Royal Mail delivers two U.K. firsts with autonomous drone deliveries Royal Mail Press Release | May 10, 2021
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Royal Mail has announced a trial of the first out-of-sight, autonomous scheduled drone flights between the U.K .mainland and an island. The trial will see the company use uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) flights to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE), Covid testing kits and other mail to the Isles of Scilly.
The Skyports drone on The Isles of Scilly. Chris Gorman for Royal Mail Photo
Royal Mail has also become the first to execute inter-island parcel deliveries across the Scillies, as part of the trial.