drones

14/08/2023

Drone pioneer Argyll and Bute Council has won £250,000 to carry out trials of the technology to help road and bridge maintenance.

12/06/2023

National Highways has introduced a new flight management system that aims to make it easier to plot the use of drones across its network.

11/05/2023

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is using live images from drones to help it manage congestion and incidents on its network and inform the public.

19/07/2022

The world’s largest and longest network of drone superhighways is one of the key projects supported by a £273m government cash injection into the low-carbon aerospace sector.

08/04/2021

Amey is embarking on the second phase of its drone trial technology project in Kent, focusing on inspecting vegetation and highways assets and identifying defects in power and water utilities infrastructure.

28/01/2021

A new consortium has been launched to support and protect the future of drones and unmanned aircraft systems.

10/12/2020

Connect Plus, the consortium that operates and manages the M25 and its key arterial routes has successfully digitally mapped all 120 miles of the orbital motorway.

01/12/2020

Drones are set to play an increasing role in both construction and maintenance on the road network. Chris Ames scans the horizon.

30/04/2020

AmeyVTOL has successfully demonstrated the first drone inspection of UK infrastructure to go beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS).

17/10/2019

Highways England is using drone technology to monitor progress on motorway roadworks.

11/02/2019

Highways England has insisted that it has robust processes to deal with individuals deliberately disrupting the strategic road network (SRN) and other unplanned events following the Gatwick drone incident.