A consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network using drones has launched its next phase. Continue reading
Category Archives: Transport
Steadicopter and Viking Drone Packaging to Transport Hazardous Materials
Steadicopter has announced its collaboration with UK-based Viking Drone Packaging – experts in the fields of packaging, UAS operations and the transport of dangerous goods – with the launch of a new capability for transporting critical equipment, including hazardous materials, by air. The multi-function payload container will be installed on the Black Eagle 50 E platform. Continue reading
French Lab Gets BVLOS Waiver for Flights Between Sites
Swiss-based RigiTech and France’s largest laboratory group Biogroup, have obtained flight authorisations to begin regular Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) flights between Biogroup’s laboratories in Bourgoin-Jallieu and Tignieu-Jameyzieu. Continue reading
Japan to Ensure Safe Flight of Delivery Drones Over Rivers
The Japanese transport ministry plans to draw up in fiscal 2023 manuals designed to ensure safe flights over rivers by drones delivering goods. Continue reading
UK Launches Next Phase of UAS Heavy Lift Challenge
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched Phase 2 of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC) challenge. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada Launches Dangerous Goods Transportation for University of British Columbia
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced the successful approval and implementation of dangerous goods transportation for the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine’s ‘Remote Communities Drone Transport Initiative’ . Continue reading
Ford Patents Autonomous, Air-Ground Last-Mile Delivery System
Ford Motor Co. last week published a patent that outlines a system for “decentralized hybrid air-ground autonomous last-mile goods delivery.” That’s a mouthful, but essentially Ford wants to use its delivery vans to directly launch and control unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. Continue reading
Boots Completes Drone Delivery of Prescription Medicines in UK First
Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription-only medicines by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading