UK: Skyports and Partners “Win Major Investment From Ofwat Innovation Fund, Breakthrough Challenge” - eVTOL Insights

£6m funding for automated drones and smart robotics that will be able to both sample and deliver near lab-grade analysis of coastal and inland water quality - Water Magazine

A world-leading project that’s set to see drones, robots and a mobile lab transform how rivers and seas are monitored has been named a winner in an innovation competition. The Smart Skies Healthy Waters project, led by Northumbrian Water in collaboration with partners Newcastle University, data experts Makutu, drone experts Skyports Drone Services, and real-time sensor specialists Proteus Instruments, has won £6m in the fifth Water Breakthrough …

UK: Skyports and Partners “Win Major Investment From Ofwat Innovation Fund, Breakthrough Challenge” - eVTOL Insights

The fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge has awarded more than UKP42 million to 16 innovation projects solving major challenges in the water sector, including a project comprising of Skyports, Northumbrian Water, Makutu, Newcastle University and Proteus Instruments, reports a press release. Under the title ‘Major Smart Skies, Healthy Waters’ the group was named a winner. The release says, “Smart Skies, Healthy Waters, a world-first innovation that…