The UK government has awarded more than GBP 4 million in funding for next-generation aviation technology, as part of its Future Flight programme.
“The technologies have the potential to transform industries from healthcare to energy and will become increasingly important to help deliver goods – including vital medical supplies – more quickly and efficiently, while cutting costs for the public sector and businesses,” said the Department for Transport today (September 29). “Projects working on next-generation zero-emission aircraft and the development of vertical take-off and landing technology will also receive funding.”
Among the successful projects are:
- Beyond Restoration – a project transforming land restoration efforts across multiple UK sites by using long-range, heavy-lift drones to deliver environmental materials to remote and ecologically sensitive areas.
- The London Health Bridge Project – a medical drone delivery service, which will use the funding to significantly scale up its operations, aiming to increase from 1,000 to 50,000 medical sample deliveries per month.
- The Regional Offshore Cargo Drone Demonstrator – a Scottish project that will pilot the UK’s first heavy-lift drone logistics service tailored to support offshore wind farms.
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