Project CAELUS

Welcome to the LinkedIn page for Project CAELUS (Care & Equity - Logistics UAS Scotland). Project CAELUS is a consortium that will develop and trial what will be the UK’s first national distribution network to use drones to transport essential medicines, blood, organs and other medical supplies throughout Scotland. CAELUS (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland), secured £10.1 million funding from the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) in 2022. It is the second successful round of funding for the CAELUS consortium which brings together 16 partners including AGS Airports, the University of Strathclyde, NATS and NHS Scotland. Since securing £1.5 million in January 2020, the CAELUS consortium has designed drone landing stations for NHS sites across Scotland and developed a virtual model (digital twin) of the proposed delivery network which connects hospitals, pathology laboratories, distribution centres and GP surgeries across Scotland. NHS Scotland has said it will bring its “Once for Scotland” approach to the project, the second phase of which will involve live flight trials and removing remaining barriers to safely using drones at scale within Scotland’s airspace. The CAELUS consortium comprises of the following entities : AGS Airports Limited ANRA Technologies UK Arup Atkins Cellnex UK Commonplace Digital Connected Places Catapult DGP Intelsius Dronamics NATS NHS Scotland Plane Finder Skyports The Drone Office Trax International University of Strathclyde Our website provides some background to the partner involved and can be visited by either clicking on the Visit Website button above or by visiting the following URL : www.projectcaelus.co.uk Should you wish to contact a member of the project team then please e-mail : projectcaelus@agsairports.co.uk