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‘Top Gun’ pilots to fly drones between hospitals in ground-breaking Covid delivery scheme – Birmingham Live
Aircraft will be flown by former RAF and Royal Navy fighter pilots via a network of secure air corridors across the NHS
Former ‘Top Gun’ fighter pilots will fly drones carrying Covid-19 samples, test kits and personal protective equipment between hospitals.
Delivery service Apian, which was founded by NHS staff as part of the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, aims to establish a network of secure air corridors using satellite-enabled GPS.
It is hoped that the drone delivery service will avoid courier call-out waiting times, free up NHS staff and cut the risk of secondary transmission of the virus.
The drones ar…
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