The team behind the UK-government-backed Future Flight Challenge is making preparations for a competition in 2021 that will determine which three categories of new aircraft are chosen to participate in a planned flight demonstration program to be held in 2023. The trial will be a key part of the third phase of a project intended to boost UK innovation in the advanced air mobility sector.
In November, UK Research and Innovation, which coordinates the Future Flight Challenge for the UK government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, announced the first 20 projects that will share over £7 million in funding under phase two of the program. The projects supported from this part of an overall £33.5 million tranche of grants include plans to use unmanned aircraft to deliver medical supplies, as well as work to resolve infrastructure and air traffic management challenges.
