Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS

Flytrex Raises $40M to Build US Drone Delivery Service

Flytrex, the Israeli startup working with Walmart, Chili’s, and others in North Carolina in pilots for a drone-based delivery service targeting suburban consumers, has picked up $40 million in funding to continue developing its hardware and software, as well as more business partnerships, as it awaits regulatory nods to expand its service to more markets in the U.S. Continue reading →

Black Swift Technologies Marks Ten Years of Extreme BVLOS UAS Design and Operations

Black Swift Technologies, a Boulder, Colorado-based specialized engineering firm, just hit its 10th anniversary of delivering reliable, robust, and highly accurate small UAS built for flights in the most extreme, demanding and austere conditions on earth…and beyond. Continue reading →

DragonFlyPads, Unifly Test Drone Parcel Delivery at Paris Wholesale Food Market

Eric Gauthier and Sissel Thorstensen (DragonFlyPads) and Marc Coen (Unifly), flanked by drone pilots

Early October 2021, DragonFlyPads, Unifly and partners carried out a series of unprecedented tests for parcel delivery by drone at Rungis International Market, the biggest food market in France, located in a busy urban environment only 15 km from Paris, France and 3 km from Orly international airport. Continue reading →