Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS

World’s First Full-Scale Air Taxi VoloPort Unveiled in Singapore

The world’s first full-scale air taxi vertiport has been unveiled on Monday at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress in Singapore. The VoloPort is the outcome of an exciting collaboration between Volocopter, the German urban air mobility and air taxi pioneer, and Skyports, the vertiport developer, owner and operator. Continue reading

Skyports and Flock Partner for Fully-Insured Drone Deliveries

Flock has announced that it has become as the exclusive risk partner of Skyports for its drone insurance. The collaborative partnership will enable Skyports to further the development of their drone delivery services, starting with initial ‘Beyond Visible Line of Sight’ (BVLOS) test flights in the UK, Belgium, Sweden and Finland. Continue reading

Workhorse Partners with USOG for Drone Delivery of Medical Supplies

Workhorse Group Inc., an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric-mobility solutions to the transportation sector has partnered with Unmanned Systems Operations Group, Inc. , a provider of end-to-end, unmanned mobile medical delivery logistics, to launch an initial pilot drone delivery program in the San Diego area. Continue reading

New Spraying Drone Deals with Spray Drift

Forward Robotics’ fixed-wing hybrid drone, the U7AG

Drones designed to spray broad- acre agricultural crops usually use fine droplets with a low water-to-chemical ratio to try and make up for their limited fluid carrying capacity. This greatly limits their use, because extremely low water volumes are off-label and fine droplets are prone to drift, where they might take out a neighbour’s crop. Continue reading