Vodafone has announced that, as part of a partnership with Manna Air Delivery in Ireland, it has successfully piloted a delivery drone over a distance of over two kilometres using its mobile network at Manna's test site in Moorock, Ireland.

This collaboration aims to demonstrate how mobile technology can enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight, enabling home delivery in more areas.

During the test, Vodafone used its 4G network to collect telemetry data from the drone and ensure its trajectory via secure aerial mobile coverage maps.

Alan Hicks, Chief Technical Officer at Manna Drone Delivery, said that this technology allows us to identify and track drones even when they are out of sight, enhancing the safety of our last-mile delivery systems.

This project is part of Vodafone's wider research into how the mobile network can support communication between multiple commercial drones to enable them to fly safely.

This project is all the more important given that the number of commercial drones in Europe is expected to almost double to 395,000 by 2030, thanks to advances in drone technology and growing consumer demand for fast home deliveries, the group explains.


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