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Wing Celebrates 2 Years of Drone Deliveries in Australia

This September will mark Wing‘s second anniversary in Logan, Australia — a neighbour of Brisbane with a population of 300,000 — and it’s  been an unprecedented time in more ways than one. Between bushfires of 2019, and the more recent COVID-19 lockdowns, Logan  residents have ordered and received more than 50,000 deliveries directly to their homes by Wing delivery drones. Continue reading

A2Z Drone Delivery Launches Commercial Dual-Payload UAV with Freefall Delivery System

A2Z Drone Delivery, LLC, developer of a patented tethered freefall drone delivery mechanism, has announced the launch of its RDSX commercial delivery UAV. The A2Z Drone Delivery RDSX was developed in collaboration with a leading global logistics provider to deliver dual payloads per flight, helping drone service providers streamline deliveries while mitigating consumer concerns with residential drone delivery. Continue reading

Retired Global Hawks to be Repurposed for Hypersonic Testing

Airmen from the 319th Civil Engineering Squadron perform a water salute for the EQ-4 Global Hawk in honor of its final landing at Grand Forks Air Force Base on July 29. 2021

Lea Greene, chief of public affairs at Grand Forks Air Force Base, and Bruce Gjovig said the line of retired unmanned aircraft, called “Block 20” Global Hawks, will be used to conduct hypersonic testing over the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading