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FAA Makes Drone History in Dallas Area

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In a first for U.S. aviation, the FAA has authorized commercial drone flights without visual observers in the same Dallas-area airspace. The authorizations for Zipline International and Wing Aviation allow them to deliver packages while keeping their drones safely separated using Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) technology. In this system, the industry manages the […]

Wing Expands Service to Melbourne with DoorDash

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Melbourne has one of the best food scenes in the world, is the food delivery capital of Australia, and starting July 17th., is the largest metro area in Australia where Wing drone delivery is available. Wing is expanding into greater Melbourne, bringing more than 5 years of commercial delivery experience in Australia to the state […]

US Navy Tests Using Drones for Medical Supply Deliveries During RIMPAC

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As the US Navy looks to further integrate drones into the manned fleet, the sea service assessed using unmanned aerial systems to deliver critical supplies to the destroyer Curtis Wilbur last month during the massive Rim of the Pacific military exercise. While these supplies are traditionally delivered to Navy vessels via manned aircraft, such assets […]

RigiTech’s Eiger Drone Completes First BVLOS Flights in the US with Upstate Medical University

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.RigiTech has announced a significant milestone in the United States, after completing the first flight Beyond Visual Line of Sight from the pilot (BVLOS), in partnership with Upstate Medical University’s Air Upstate drone program and Causey Aviation Unmanned, marking a crucial advancement in the transport of time-sensitive medical materials. Over the last few months, Air […]

Wing Starts Drone Delivery in South Dublin

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Wing and Apian have partnered with Blackrock Health and St. Vincent’s Private Hospital in Dublin along with leading healthcare technology company, Medtronic to launch an innovative drone delivery trial demonstrating the benefits drones could offer in healthcare logistics. Over the next few months, Wing and Apian will deploy drone delivery to carry medical supplies and […]

Unifly’s UTM System Enables Autonomous Petrochemical Sample Transport at Port of Antwerp

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Unifly, a group company of Terra Drone Corporation, and a global supplier of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solutions, has announced its pivotal role in enabling the first-ever autonomous drone transport of petrochemical analysis samples at the port of Antwerp. This groundbreaking initiative from ADLC, SGS and BASF, facilitated by Unifly’s advanced UTM system, marks a […]

DJI Completes World’s First Drone Delivery Tests on Mount Everest

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DJI has teamed up with Nepalese drone service company Airlift, video production company 8KRAW, and Nepalese certified mountain guide Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, to fly the world’s first successful delivery drone trials on Mount Everest (Mount Qomolangma). Completed in April, this historic milestone in aviation highlights the impressive capabilities of DJI FlyCart 30, which can carry […]

Amazon Prime Air Drones Get FAA BVLOS Approval to Expand Deliveries in Texas

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The approval will allow Prime Air to further expand drone deliveries and lays the foundation to safely scale operations to more locations in the U.S. We’re excited to share that the FAA has given Prime Air additional permissions that allow us to operate our drones beyond visual line of sight, enabling us to now serve […]

Zipline to Advance Care with Mayo Clinic in Florida and Minnesota

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Zipline announced that its Platform 2 (P2) service will integrate into Mayo Clinic’s campuses in Jacksonville, Florida and Rochester, Minnesota. Mayo Clinic will use Zipline’s zero-emission, autonomous drones to quickly make deliveries directly to patients’ homes as part of its advanced hospital-at-home program. Mayo Clinic is a world-leader in Advanced Care at Home, an innovative […]