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The UK's drone air traffic control system achieves scheduling for thousands of drones, improving medical delivery efficiency by 73%
2025,08,12
The Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system launched by the UK's National Air Traffic Service (NATS) has pioneered a new paradigm of intelligent urban airspace management. Utilizing distributed artificial intelligence algorithms, the system can simultaneously monitor and schedule the operation of over 1,000 drones within urban airspace, planning optimal flight paths in real-time and avoiding conflicts. Currently, it has been applied in the distribution of medical supplies in cities such as London and Manchester
The drone delivery project at King's College Hospital in London has shown that the transportation time of blood samples from the collection point to the laboratory has been shortened from 45 minutes to 12 minutes, the delay rate of emergency drug delivery has decreased by 83%, and the preservation quality of cryogenic biological samples has improved by 27%. Elaine Page, the head of logistics at the center, said, "Drones are not affected by traffic congestion, so we can now complete more tests in a shorter time, and the average waiting time for emergency patients has been reduced by 18 minutes."
NATS, the system developer, stated that UTM has been integrated into 85% of hospitals and 32 pharmacies in the UK, handling an average of 12,000 drone flight applications daily, with an airspace utilization rate 40% higher than traditional management methods. The next step is to achieve airspace sharing between drones and manned aircraft by 2026. Currently, tests are being conducted around Heathrow Airport to verify the safe operation mode of drones near the takeoff and landing routes of civil airliners. The UK government predicts that drone logistics will save the healthcare system £1.2 billion annually by 2030
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