{"id":137303,"date":"2022-03-24T04:03:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/worlds-longest-165-mile-drone-superhighway-proposed-in-the-uk"},"modified":"2022-03-24T04:03:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T11:03:23","slug":"worlds-longest-165-mile-drone-superhighway-proposed-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/worlds-longest-165-mile-drone-superhighway-proposed-in-the-uk","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s longest 165-mile \u2018drone superhighway\u2019 proposed in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XN6TD67jimw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A UK consortium wants to build the world\u2019s largest and longest \u201cdrone superhighway,\u201d connecting towns and cities across the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dronedj.com\/2022\/03\/23\/dji-skypixel-drone-photo-contest-winners-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14 amazing drone photos from DJI SkyPixel contest winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The idea is to enable businesses in these regions to develop and grow through the commercialization of new drone-based products, processes, and services. However, a decision on whether the project would receive the green light is not expected for a few weeks at least.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not stopping Richard Parker, CEO and founder at Altitude Angel, from calling the proposed drone superhighway a harbinger of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altitudeangel.com\/news\/uk-consortium-reveal-blueprint-to-build-165-mile-drone-superhighway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second transport revolution<\/a> in Britain. Here\u2019s Parker:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK consortium wants to build the world\u2019s largest and longest \u201cdrone superhighway,\u201d connecting towns and cities across the United Kingdom. Also read: 14 amazing drone photos from DJI SkyPixel contest winners The idea is to enable businesses in these regions to develop and grow through the commercialization of new drone-based products, processes, and services. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-drones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}