Commercial drones are on the brink of being launched into Britain’s skies after Ofcom unveiled plans to prevent them crashing into planes and other aerial vehicles.
The regulator will ring-fence radio frequencies to be used solely by drone operators to reduce the chance of interference which can make them fly erratically.
Under current rules drone operators must use radio frequencies reserved for home Wi-Fi and toy radio-controlled aeroplanes, creating risks for heavier or longer-distance drone flights.
Royal Mail has already carried out trials of postal deliveries using drones with PPE, Covid testing kits and other mail sent to the Isles of Scilly from the mainland in May last year.
Over the next three years Royal Mail wants to deploy 200 drones to deliver mail across the UK, with plans to expand this to 500 longer-term.
However, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has warned that a widespread rollout of drone deliveries can only happen after new safety crash-prevention technology is developed.
Continue reading: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/06/10/drone-deliveries-poised-take-off-britains-skies/
The regulator will ring-fence radio frequencies to be used solely by drone operators to reduce the chance of interference which can make them fly erratically.
Under current rules drone operators must use radio frequencies reserved for home Wi-Fi and toy radio-controlled aeroplanes, creating risks for heavier or longer-distance drone flights.
Royal Mail has already carried out trials of postal deliveries using drones with PPE, Covid testing kits and other mail sent to the Isles of Scilly from the mainland in May last year.
Over the next three years Royal Mail wants to deploy 200 drones to deliver mail across the UK, with plans to expand this to 500 longer-term.
However, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has warned that a widespread rollout of drone deliveries can only happen after new safety crash-prevention technology is developed.
Continue reading: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/06/10/drone-deliveries-poised-take-off-britains-skies/
