Skyports Drone Services Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-13 - Deployment - DJI Dock 2 supports Skyports BVLOS surveys at HumeLink West - A permanently deployed DJI Dock2 conducts surveys every two weeks, supervised from Lane Cove more than350 km away. The programme follows a12-month EVLOS survey campaign and uses CASA broad-area BVLOS approval. DroneDeploy processes flight data into2D and3D… - source: skyportsdroneservices.com
• 2026-10-07 - Demonstration - Skyports and Orsted complete Hornsea 2 cargo-drone trial - Maintenance kits weighed approximately 55–65 kg and were delivered before technicians arrived, then returned to the vessel after work. The team completed a roughly 4 km flight beyond visual line of sight inside the wind farm, monitored from the service… - source: orsted.co.uk
• 2026-09-21 - Partnership - Skyports joins SP ENW for planned Cumbria drone-inspection trial - Four drone-in-a-box systems are planned at substations across the Lake District for the 12-month trial starting in November. Skyports pilots will operate more than 200 miles away; live imagery will reach SP ENW’s control room for eSmart Systems’ Grid Vision… - source: news.enwl.co.uk
• 2026-04-23 - Deployment - Skyports Drone Services starts Manhattan-Brooklyn cargo drone trial - Skyports Drone Services and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began a yearlong drone cargo trial. The route connects Manhattan and Brooklyn across dense urban airspace. The trial assesses point-to-point drone logistics for light cargo, including… - source: skyportsdroneservices.com
• 2026-04-23 - Deployment - Speedbird Aero and Skyports launch yearlong NYC drone delivery trial - The trial used Speedbird aircraft for over-water cargo operations between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Port Authority framed the work as a drone cargo delivery evaluation for regional logistics. - source: speedbird.aero
• 2023-08-01 - Deployment - Skyports and Royal Mail launch Orkney inter-island drone deliveries - The Orkney I-Port operation began with Royal Mail, Skyports, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority, and Loganair. The service distributed mail between Orkney islands under existing regulatory frameworks. The deployment provided a live public-service… - source: orkney.gov.uk