Medical drones are set to expand into the Northumberland region in northern UK, after the Civil Aviation Authority approved a pilot project to take off from February 13. The Northumbria…

It is a testament to how wide civilian drone use is becoming when policing authorities have to issue a warning for people NOT to bring their flying toys to a…

Their name was inspired by the sound made by bees – and now there is a challenge to make drones actually work like bees do. Researchers at two learning institutions…

Australian drone logistics start-up Swoop Aero is now a World Economic Forum-commissioned global innovator. The Queensland company – which charted a path in Africa delivering medical supplies in countries that…

Police in Nottinghamshire, UK, last Thursday flew a drone in search of a teenager who had called the police in distress during the night. The vulnerable teenager was located by…

The drone corridor that started out as a trial in Reading last year under Project Xcelerate must have worked a treat for the – because the UK government has been…

We are in the UK today, where the National Health Service (NHS) in England will be trying drone technology to bring chemotherapy drugs closer to patients, as announced by the…

Eighteen months ago, Royal Mail – the leading provider of postal and delivery services in the UK – embarked on an ambitious project to deliver mail and packages to remote…

Over in the USA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has identified the creation of vertiports for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) planes as one of the important pillars for…

In a development that could affect drone operations in the UK, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has recommended that the local civil aviation authority revises its visual line of…