Royal Mail UK’s first to Launch Cargo Drone test flight: Royal Mail is testing the use of a drone to deliver personal protective equipment, Covid-19 test kits, and other mail from the UK mainland to the Scilly Isles.

The firm claims it will be the country’s first parcel carrier to carry mail to a UK island using an autonomous flight that will fly out of reach of every operator for the entire 70-mile trip.

A smaller drone capable of vertical takeoff and landing would transport packages between the islands off the coast of Cornwall for distribution to their intended recipients.

The government is funding a month-long trial of scheduled flights from the mainland to isolated areas on the islands, which includes the University of Southampton and many drone firms.

Packages will be transported from the mainland to the islands’ airport in St Mary’s using a massive, twin-engine uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured in the UK by Windracers Limited.

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was created to provide supplies to people in rural areas and can operate in a variety of weather conditions, including fog. It has the capacity to accommodate 100kg in the mail of all shapes and sizes, which is roughly equal to a standard delivery round.

The trial will mostly deliver PPE and Covid test kits from the mainland, but the drones will also transport other packages, such as online orders from retailers.

If it proves to be a success, Royal Mail says it would start implementing the technology through its postal network to assist with delivery to more rural areas of the region.

“There are some really remote areas on these islands, and this is a terrific way to help us reach them,” Amy Richards, a local postwoman for the Isles of Scilly, said she was excited to be a part of the initiative.

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Last December, Royal Mail sent a delivery to a remote lighthouse on Scotland’s Isle of Mull using a drone for the first time. In the coming months, the organization plans to launch a consultation with island residents on the use of drones to carry mail.

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