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Siemens Healthineers Middle East, Southern & Eastern Africa and Wingcopter GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and roll out an integrated drone delivery solution to transport various laboratory diagnostics materials as well as other medical supplies in Africa. Continue reading
Skyports Drone Services successfully conducted a landmark medical drone delivery demonstration for Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health. The demonstration comes after Skyports Drone Services successfully obtained Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) permissions from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). Continue reading
FirstHealth of the Carolinas recently launched a pilot program for drone delivery of lab specimens from FirstHealth Convenient Care — Pinehurst and FirstHealth Internal Medicine to the Moore Regional Hospital laboratory. Continue reading
One year after the Port Authority launched a new Girl Scout badge to encourage and educate girls in science, technology, engineering and math careers, the agency marked the partnership by sending a box of Raspberry Rally cookies across the Hudson River. In just 15 minutes, the 10-ounce box of cookies traveled from Greenville Yards in Jersey City, N.J., to Brooklyn, N.Y., without crossing a bridge or a tunnel or riding a boat. Continue reading
While I was in China, I learned that the dominant Chinese food delivery platform, Meituan, has been flying delivery drones in the city for more than a year now, and I wanted to check it out myself. I found that the reality of drone delivery is still far from ideal, and people may be turned away by the steep learning curve. Continue reading
RigiTech, a Swiss provider of advanced drone delivery solutions, is proud to announce its partnership with Spright, the U.S.-based unmanned aerial system operator. This strategic alliance and commitment to deploy the Eiger delivery system further signals the reliability of RigiTech’s technology and comprehensive solutions. Continue reading
DroneUp, a Walmart – backed startup competing alongside Amazon and others in the nascent drone delivery market, is cutting jobs across the company, CNBC has learned. Continue reading
DroneUp, an autonomous drone delivery provider, and Wonder Robotics, an Israeli startup for autonomous solutions for drones and eVTOLs, completed a successful initial operational evaluation on DroneUp’s drone platform to achieve a higher level of autonomy and safety. Continue reading