UAV/Drone COVID19 Emergency Airbridge to the Isles of Scilly

由于持续的Covid-19危机，锡利群岛渡轮和航空服务的削减阻碍了医疗和其他物流服务。我们的财团由DronePrep领导，由Windracers支持，南安普顿大学和Consortiq建议利用Windracers ULTRA无人机平台，根据锡利群岛理事会和康沃尔理事会的要求，提供一系列有效载荷，以响应时间-为了获得这些合作伙伴的支持，他们共同向我们的财团表示：“CIOS面临的主要挑战之一是，它是一个农村周边地区，社区分散。ULTRA无人机提供了一种解决方案，可用于连接整个地区的偏远社区，使NHS服务能够更有效地提供，并克服与传统运输方式相关的限制。经过验证的CIoS合作伙伴支持为拟议的试飞提供设施。锡利群岛的理事会管理着圣玛丽机场，和康沃尔理事会拥有并经营康沃尔机场纽基。锡利群岛理事会负责在群岛上提供社会护理/护理之家，建议这些试验将侧重于试交付个人防护设备和新冠肺炎等基本物品。19测试，以那些在护理环境，并可能在此后扩展到补充NHS供应链，应CLoS合作伙伴的要求，并使之成为此后。为了实现这一目标，我们将是第一个财团：1）展示无人机向岛屿运送物资的能力，同时将这种干预的性能与现有的载人替代方案进行比较2）探索保护多个着陆点的可行性，以允许岛屿之间动态和灵活的货物转移3）致力于为协议研究做出贡献，以测试通过无人机运输危险货物的工作我们的联盟于2020年7月31日被告知，于二零二零年五月提交的项目已成功通过UKRI COVID-19 Open Call Innovate UK应对竞赛的技术评估阶段，并将于二零二零年八月二十六日获得拨款，以促进该项目自二零二零年九月二日起展开为期四个月的工作。

Cuts to Isles of Scilly ferry and air services due to the on-going Covid-19 crises is hindering medical and other logistics services.Our consortia, led by DronePrep and supported by Windracers, University of Southampton and Consortiq propose to utilise the Windracers ULTRA UAV platform to deliver a range of payloads as required by the Council of the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall Council and Cornwall Council in response to time-critical Covid-19 challenges.In gleaning the support these partners they have jointly stated to our consortia that:'One of the main challenges facing CIoS is that it is a rural peripheral region with dispersed communities. The ULTRA UAV provides a solution which could be used to connect remote communities across the region, enable NHS services to be delivered more effectively and overcome the limitations associated with traditional modes of transport.'Validated CIoS partners are supportive of offering their facilities for the test flights proposed. The Council of the Isles of Scilly operate St Mary's Airport, and Cornwall Council own and operate Cornwall Airport Newquay.The Isles of Scilly Council are responsible for Social Care/Care Home provision on the Islands and it is proposed that these trials will focus on trial delivery of essential items such as PPE and Covid-19 tests to those in a Care setting and potentially thereafter extend to supplement NHS supply chains should CLoS partners request and enable this thereafter.To achieve this we will be the first consortia to:1) Demonstrate UAV capability in delivering supplies to the islands whilst comparing performance of this intervention to existing manned alternative2) Explore the viability of securing multiple landing sites to allow dynamic and flexible goods transfer between islands3) Work toward contributing to protocols research to test the transport Dangerous Goods via UAVOur consortium were informed on 31st July 2020 that this application (submitted in May 2020) had been successful at the technical assessment phase of the UKRI COVID-19 Open Call Innovate UK response competition and a funding award is due on 26th August 2020 which would facilitate the commencement of this project for a period of upto 4 months starting 2 September 2020\.