Regulations
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Certificate of Authorization (COA) to the Ohio/Indiana UAS Center and Test Complex, which will allow Workhorse Group and the University of Cincinnati to continue their joint development of Workhorse Group’s Horsefly parcel delivery drone. The Horsefly tests will take
Transport
Watching baby steps of drone delivery, courtesy of Google X (5 miles in 5 mins is the promise) #zg15 pic.twitter.com/Xk2KyTRURP — Aaref Hilaly (@aaref) October 19, 2015 This short video shows one of Google’s delivery drones gracefully drop a package at the company’s Zeitgeist confab taking
Commercial
A project aiming to deliver medical supplies to remote areas of Africa using unmanned air vehicles is gathering pace, as it prepares to select the systems that will be used for a pilot test programme in 2016. The “Droneport” project is a British-Swiss effort to introduce UAVs to medical
Testing
Singapore Post has announced the success of a mail and packet drone delivery trial which took place between Lorong Halus and Pulau Ubin in Singapore. The drone was built using the Pixhawk Steadidrone platform developed by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) Labs. The test flight which took five minutes
Commercial
Starting from September 2, the Finnish post office, Posti will carry out a four-day experiment to test the technology of the future in e-commerce logistics and mail delivery. In the experiment, Posti will be testing a robotic helicopter (drone, unmanned aerial vehicle) in delivery and transport tasks for
Commercial
The Flytrex Sky is a high-end commercial drone which comes complete with a 'loading bay' for small items such as drinks or light packages. But more importantly it also has 3G connectivity, and is designed to work with a cloud-based backend that makes delivering parcels possible,
Testing
A New Zealand-first drone delivery over Auckland has given new meaning to "air mail". Delivery company Fastway Couriers has teamed up with Sydney-based unmanned aerial vehicles UAV company Flirtey to create the aerial delivery service. The duo successfully trialled their first drone parcel delivery, transporting auto
Regulations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated in a congressional hearing that regulations for commercial drones will be finalized and put in place within one year. Almost immediately after, Amazon said that as soon as these regulations are implemented, they will be ready to launch their drone delivery system. The company
Commercial
India’s leading e-tailer Flipkart is thinking beyond the horizon. It wants to use drones to deliver goods to rural areas. The catch is that civilian drones are not allowed in India but the Bangalore-based company, which has grown to be a giant in just seven years since
Business
The US Postal Service has narrowed down the companies bidding to build the next generation of its delivery vehicles - and one of them is offering up an all-electric truck that doubles as a drone launcher. The agency released a list of pre-qualified sources for the contract April 14,
Commercial
Swiss Post, the neutral nation's postal service, has confirmed it is testing delivery-by-drone. Staff at the outfit have confirmed a report in local media detailing collaboration with Matternet and Swiss WorldCargo, the freight division of Swiss International Air Lines. Tests of drone-delivered mail are expected
Regulations
In the latest sign of the importance of its drone program, Amazon.com Inc. has hired the former number-two executive at the Air Line Pilots Association to help with the project. Sean Cassidy, an Alaska Air Group Inc. pilot and former member of a Transportation Security Administration aviation-security