DoorDash says its new drone delivery service could take flight this year without a buzz — literally. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
DoorDash Air Unveils Drone Delivery System for Local Businesses
DoorDash has unveiled its purpose-built autonomous aircraft powered by DoorDash Air, and outlined plans for an end-to-end drone delivery system with infrastructure and delivery orchestration designed to scale for all local businesses. Continue reading
Skydio’s New Drone Puts an Asymmetrical Twist on Fixed-Wing Flight
Skydio’s first fixed-wing drone does not look quite like a conventional aircraft, and that is by design. The F10 Lightrunner features an asymmetrical layout with its camera positioned outside the rotor plane, giving operators an unobstructed view during flight. Continue reading
Connecting Autonomous UAV Data With Industrial Maintenance Workflows
Autonomous drones are becoming powerful tools for industrial inspection. They can fly the same patterns, take pictures, and create logs of asset conditions. However, the data collection is only a small part of the process. The more pressing question is what to do with the information the drone accumulates about the inspected sites. Continue reading
Czechoslovakia’s Zuri Unveils Hybrid Unmanned Cargo VTOL
Zuri has unveiled the Zuri unmanned cargo VTOL, a hybrid-electric tiltrotor for civil and defence operators. It carries a hundred-plus kilograms over 679 km by design, or 569 km with a full 30-minute reserve, cruises at 220 km/h, and lands on a pad, a deck, or open ground. The useful load is 165 kg, payload plus fuel. Continue reading
Bristow Orders 10 Additional Early Delivery Chaparral Aircraft
Elroy Air has announced that Bristow Group Inc. has expanded its early delivery reservations for the Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, reserving 10 additional early delivery positions for a total of 15. Bristow previously secured early delivery slots for five Chaparral drones and announced a pre-order agreement for up to 100 Chaparral drones. Continue reading
Textron Systems’ Aerosonde Completes First UAS Vertiport Flights in Commercial Airspace
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced that it participated in a demonstration collaborating with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) at Virginia Tech supporting the Virginia Advanced Air Mobility Smart Airspace Program, becoming the first unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to fly in commercial airspace utilizing two vertiports. Continue reading
Textron Aviation and Merlin Introduce Cessna SkyCourier UX Concept Aircraft
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, and Merlin, Inc. have introduced a concept Cessna SkyCourier UX aircraft that combines Textron Aviation’s proven Cessna SkyCourier platform with Merlin’s aircraft-agnostic software solution for autonomous aviation. Continue reading