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Elton John AIDS Foundation and Zipline: $150M US State Department Boost Accelerates HIV Care Innovation

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The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) celebrates Zipline‘s $150 million funding from the U.S. State Department to triple its lifesaving drone delivery network, a milestone that builds on the Foundation’s catalytic early support and cements their role in pioneering drone-enabled HIV care across Africa. The award is based on a first-of-its-kind pay-for-performance model, demonstrating how […]

Emirates SkyCargo Chooses LODD for Autonomous VTOL Drones

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– Emirates SkyCargo has opened the door to using autonomous cargo aircraft in its operations, signing an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based LODD Autonomous to examine how heavy-lift drones could support the next phase of the UAE’s logistics sector. The memorandum of understanding, signed at the Dubai Airshow, brings together two very different but complementary parts […]

DARPA Lift Challenge Offers $6.M in Prizes

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Heavy lift drone competition to revolutionize vertical lift aviation, offer $6.5M in prizes As military missions become more complicated, warfighters need more capable drones to use across diverse scenarios. The same also applies to civilian applications, like infrastructure inspection, package delivery, and disaster response. Current multirotor drones, also known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), provide […]

Wingcopter and Sincronía Logística to Deliver Medical Supplies by Drone in Mexico

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Sincronía Logística, a Mexican market leader in pharmaceutical logistics, and European drone company Wingcopter have entered a partnership to promote the use of drones for the delivery of medical supplies. The Mexican company plans to use a fleet of Wingcopter 198 drones itself and to deploy them on behalf of its customers. Drone-based deliveries will […]

Skyways Powers Cargo Deliveries to Offshore Windfarm

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– Skyways, designer and manufacturer of long-range autonomous unmanned cargo aircraft, has demonstrated the unmatched ability of its technology to deliver time-critical supplies in one of the world’s toughest operating environments. In partnership with RWE and Skyports Drone Services, Skyways successfully completed historic beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone deliveries to Arkona Offshore […]

Sukhoi Launches Certification Process for S-76 Cargo UAS

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The Sukhoi Design Bureau held a mock-up board meeting to review the S-76 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for off-airfield cargo transport operations. The S-76 is being developed under Russia’s national project “Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)” [Беспилотные авиационные системы]. Approval by the mock-up board officially initiates the certification process for the S-76, which is Russia’s first […]

University of Alaska Fairbanks Adds Windracers for Cargo Trials

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Two large-payload unmanned aircraft have joined the fleet of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ drone industry development program. They will be used to test cargo deliveries and emergency responses. The Windracers ULTRA aircraft for the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration arrived in Fairbanks Sept. 22. The first test flight under full ACUASI control […]

Uber Partners with Flytrex to Launch Drone Delivery

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– Uber Technologies, Inc. and Flytrex, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership and Uber’s first investment in drone delivery, marking a major step forward in the future of autonomous logistics. Expected to begin with Uber Eats pilot markets in the U.S. by the end of the year, the new service combines Flytrex’s proven autonomous drone […]

Startup Aims to Deliver Autonomous Airlifter for USAF By 2028

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Teams of U.S. Air Force and industry planners, operators and technologists gathered in a conference room in 2024 to imagine an air war over Taiwan, but this wargame came with a twist. The advent of collaborative combat aircraft (CCA)—a family of largely autonomous, jet-powered combat aircraft capable of a wide range of military missions—changed their […]

Chinese Drone Drops 1.2 Tons of Cargo

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On September 9th, Sichuan Tengdun Science and Technology Co., Ltd. learned that its independently developed large-scale modular commercial drone recently conducted a high-load continuous airdrop test at Zigong Lantian Airport. The drone dropped three packages totaling 1.2 tons at an altitude of 300 meters, with a landing accuracy of less than 100 meters. The successful test indicates […]