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Delivery Drones are Getting Bigger — Much Bigger

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Next-gen aviation startup MightyFly says it’s the first company developing a large, autonomous electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) cargo drone that’s been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for a flight corridor. Why it matters: It’s a big milestone for the emerging company — and for the drone delivery world more broadly. Driving the […]

Nepal to use Drones to Transport Garbage from Mount Everest

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The Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, which hosts the 8,848.86 metre-tall Everest, is piloting heavy lifter drones that will bring back garbage from the mighty mountain. Though officials say that cargo drones will fly on Everest to bring garbage, its success, however, may affect the livelihood of high altitude support staff who navigate the dangerous […]

BMT Redefines Autonomous Payload Delivery

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In a major development for the BMT SPARO project, the British Army’s Futures Directorate has provided funding to build, supply and demonstrate the latest prototype for UK medics who took part in Project CONVERGENCE, the premier US Army experimentation exercise in March. BMT SPARO is a small, suspended air-ground payload transfer device demonstrating a globally […]

Zipline Makes 1,000,000 Commercial Autonomous Drone Deliveries

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Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous delivery system, has just become the first company in history to complete one million commercial drone deliveries to customers. If Zipline’s autonomous software was a human pilot, it would have already spent more than 120 years flying in the air. Zipline’s zero-emission autonomous drones have now flown more than 70 […]

China’s Monster Delivery Drone Close to First Flight

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A new large drone model built by Aviation Industry Corp of China, the country’s leading aircraft manufacturer, has entered the flight-test phase and will carry out its first flight soon, according to the State-owned conglomerate. The HH-100 commercial unmanned cargo plane finished its final high-speed autonomous taxiing test, the last preparatory task before its maiden […]

‘Flying Milk Can’ Drones to Extend Deliveries in Stockholm Area

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People living in part of Sweden will soon be receiving food deliveries by aerial drone. The service, which utilizes multicopters that look rather like old-timey milk transportation cans, may subsequently be introduced throughout the country and beyond. Known as foodora Air, the project is the result of a collaboration between three Swedish companies: mobile connectivity […]

Omni Táxi Aéreo to Undertake First Long-Range Unmanned Offshore Missions in Brazil

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Omni Táxi Aéreo, Brazilian affiliate of Omni Helicopters International (OHI), a major Latin America air mobility solutions provider, announced that it has been awarded two contracts from Petrobras to operate unmanned aerial vehicles on offshore missions. The missions will perform beyond-line-of-sight (“BVLOS”) flights, carrying 50 kg payloads to offshore facilities and conducting flights between facilities. […]

SkyDrop Grounded

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SkyDrop Founder Matthew Sweeney announced on LinkedIn that the company is closing down: Unfortunately, the Federal Aviation Administration regulations to enable commercial drone delivery at scale continue to take much longer than anticipated. On July 24, 2023, SkyDrop completed the first store-to-door drone delivery approved by the Civil Aviation Authority in New Zealand history, successfully […]

RigiTech Onboards Medical Drone Service to Enhance Healthcare Access in The Netherlands

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RigiTech, the Swiss drone delivery company, has announced the addition of Medical Drone Service as a new operator using the advanced Eiger drone model to bolster healthcare services. Medical Drone Service, a collaborative endeavour between ANWB Medical Air Assistance and PostNL Health, in partnership with leading healthcare institutions including Erasmus MC, Isala, Sanquin, Certe, Resultlab, […]