This August, more than 100 teams will gather at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force to attempt to achieve unprecedented payload-to-weight ratios in vertical flight. Continue reading
Category Archives: Transport
‘Like a Flying Leaf Blower’ – Amazon Delivery Drones are Too Loud, Fly Too Low
Residents near an Amazon fulfillment center in the Detroit Suburb of Hazel Park, Oakland County, are pushing back against the growing presence of delivery drones, saying the aircraft are too loud, fly too low, and pass over their homes too frequently. Continue reading
Texas Residents Complain About Amazon Prime Air ‘Drone Highway’ Overhead
Turbulence is growing in several Richardson neighbourhoods over Amazon’s drone delivery programme, with residents raising concerns about noise, privacy, and safety. Continue reading
Wing and Walmart Name Seven New Markets for Drone Delivery Service
In January, Wing shared historic plans with Walmart to scale drone delivery coast to coast, building a network of over 270 locations to reach more than 40 million Americans by 2027. Continue reading
DARPA Invites First Wave of Lift Challenge Competitors
DARPA invited the first tranche of teams to compete in the Lift Challenge, a national competition to revolutionize heavy vertical-lift aviation. Continue reading
Aeronext to Unveil New Japanese-Made Logistics Drone with ActiveWing Technology
Aeronext Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President & Group CEO: Keisuke Toji) will unveil for the first time a new Japanese-made logistics drone equipped with its proprietary “ActiveWing” technology at Japan Drone 2026, to be held at Makuhari Messe from June 3 to June 5, 2026. Continue reading
Walmart Celebrates One Million Drone Deliveries
Walmart is celebrating a major milestone: more than one million drone deliveries completed to hundreds of thousands of customers. What started as a pilot just a few years ago has officially taken off, giving customers a faster, easier way to get the everyday items they need, right when they need them. Continue reading
Green Berets Test Glider Drones for Supply Drops
Special operations units might rely on unmanned glider drones to get resupplied in the near future. At the very least, the concept was put to the test during the largest special operations training exercise in Europe this month. Continue reading