Episode 11

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2nd Nov 2021

Trialling medical deliveries by drone during COVID-19 - Part 3 of 3

In the third and final part of this series we look at how medical deliveries by drone could help support the health service in remote communities across the UK.

We speak with Alex Brown, Head of Operations at Skyports about a recent trial that saw drones making medical deliveries between four NHS hospitals in the Scottish Highlands.

This project, which reduced the average transport time from 20 hours to 1 hour, involved drones carrying cargo including COVID-19 tests, pathology samples and medicine while flying up to 60kms beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).

You can find more information about this work at:

https://skyports.net/nhs-trials/

and

https://www.caa.co.uk/innovation

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About the Podcast

CAA On Air
On Air brings you updates from the UK CAA's Innovation team which works with organisations to support new aviation related products and services.

You'll hear about the latest work in areas such as advanced air mobility, UAS traffic management (UTM) and operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) along with interviews from the experts involved in these projects.