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In 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos surprised friends and foes with the announcement that Amazon would be using drones to deliver packages to customers. FedEx, UPS and DHL later followed with plans for parcel delivery drones. But in 2022, drone…
The German drone delivery startup Wingcopter is teaming up with UAV LATAM, a Latin American company with more than 10 years of experience in the Drone Industry. Drone delivery operations through partnership Through this partnership Wingcopter will work together with…
In Norway, TINE is testing dairy Delivery by Drone in partnership with Aviant, a company that uses drones for the delivery of medical samples and products. The first delivery of dairy by drone took place in December. Project manager and…
German drone company, Wingcopter signed a $16M contract with medical flight service provider Spright, which is currently building a health care drone delivery network across the US with more than 300 locations. Spright signed a purchase agreement with Wingcopter worth…
Delivery drones are held back by wind and rain, said UPS Chief Executive Officer Carol Tome earlier this week, according to Bloomberg. Transport and logistics company, United Parcel Service has been testing with unmanned aircraft to make deliveries of packages…
A 71-year-old man from Sweden who suffered a heart attack while clearing snow at the end of last year owes his life to the deployment of a DJI Matrice 600 with an automated external defibrillator (AED) on board. It is…
Walmart, an American supermarket chain, has begun an experiment in which orders are delivered to customers via drone. To that end, Walmart has joined forces with the startup DroneUp. The drone deliveries will be tested in three different locations throughout…
Avy, a Dutch drone manufacturer, has launched an enhanced version of its Aera drone, with a greater flying range and the potential to deliver up to three kilograms of medical products. Avy is also releasing the Drone Response Network, a…
Drone Delivery Canada, a Canadian business, has unveiled a new delivery drone with a flying range of 12 miles and a payload capacity of 9 Lbs. The aircraft, dubbed the Canary, features a novel engine arrangement, employs cutting-edge battery technology,…
A French R&D team that was developing the traffic control software for self-flying delivery drones for Amazon Prime Air was recently disbanded. The online retail giant moved around a dozen team members into other positions unrelated to drone delivery.
Wing, a Google subsidiary, has built the world’s first drone delivery service station on the top of a retail mall in Logan, Australia. To that purpose, the business has partnered with real estate developer Vicinity Centers. The idea is that…
A pilot of the Spanish Military Emergencies Unit (UME) uses a drone to deliver food and water to pets that are surrounded by lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano’s continuing eruption in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
It only took six minutes for a drone to deliver lungs to a hospital in Toronto, Canada. According to the health network, the successful and speedy delivery of the organs was the world’s first.
This week, Wing, a subsidiary of Google, has launched the world’s first mall-to-home drone delivery service. The average drone delivery time is about 10 to 15 minutes, with flying only accounting for 2 to 3 minutes of that time. The all-time record is…
Wingcopter has received a strategic investment from Expa, a worldwide network of startup founders that supports entrepreneurs via knowledge, access, and financing.
A raven attacks a Wing delivery drone, causing it to halt certain deliveries in Australia. Drone deliveries in a section of Canberra, Australia, have been halted due to frequent bird assaults. Google’s sister company, Wing, the service provider, said that…
In Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in the United Arab Emirates and logistics partner SkyGo, Matternet will establish an urban network for medical transport by drone. The Gulf state aims to take a leading role in…
Zipline is expanding drone delivery of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines in Ghana, thanks to a donation from the United Kingdom.
Two years after launching its service in Australia, Alphabet drone delivery company, Wing is about to reach 100,000 drone deliveries in the Brisbane metro area.
Transport and logistics company DHL will be deploying large freight drones for urgent transport in the near future. To this end, the company has entered into a partnership with Dronamics. The first freight flights are to take place in 2022.…
The Amazon drone delivery program is falling apart before ever taking off. Wired refers to a report into the UK operation that says the drone delivery program is slowly collapsing inward and more than 100 employees have been fired.
Parcel delivery using drones is on the brink of a breakthrough. The hardware is ready. Slowly but surely the regulations are becoming more accommodative. And, the first business cases are also emerging. However, there is a lack of a good…
Walmart has made an investment in DroneUp, a drone delivery startup. During the corona crisis, Walmart already partnered with DroneUp to deliver COVID-19 test kits to customers. In the future, Walmart also wants to use drones for delivering groceries, thereby…
The ANWB and PostNL will soon deliver medication by drone in a series of test flights between Rhoon and Oud-Beijerland in The Netherlands. The aim is to investigate how blood and medicines can be urgently transported by drone from Erasmus…
Irish drone delivery company Manna Aero is the first operator in Ireland to receive the light UAS operator certificate (LUC) from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA). This opens the door to start delivering meals, packages, or medical goods using drones…
British postal company Royal Mail will deploy a drone to transport COVID-19 test kits, medical supplies, and other packages to the remote Scilly archipelago off the coast of Cornwall. For this, a distance of more than 70 miles is covered.…
Irish startup Manna raises funds for drone deliveries in the US and UK, after successfully delivering groceries, takeaways, and medications to thousands of people in Ireland.
The German manufacturer Wingcopter has launched a new “triple drop” delivery drone that can deliver to three different locations per flight. To this end, the Wingcopter 198 eVTOL has three winch systems operating independently of each other. In total, the…
The Roanoke County Fire and Rescue crews are testing the use of drones to deliver supplies in emergency situations to crews and victims. In Roanoke County, Virginia, the fire department has started testing with the use of drones to deliver…
At a wind farm located in the North Sea, drones have been used in search and rescue tests. The trials aim to show how the use of unmanned aircraft can play an important role in the renewables sector.
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