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Royal Mail tests out-of-sight drone deliveries to Scilly Isles

Monday 10 May 2021 | 11:51 CET | News
Royal Mail is conducting the first trial of out-of-sight, autonomous scheduled drone flights between the UK mainland and an island. It will use Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flights to deliver Covid testing kits, PPE and other mail to the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall.

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