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Amazon is taking steps to get its long-delayed drone delivery project off the ground. The company announced that it would launch its inaugural drone delivery service in the town of Lockeford, California, later this year after it receives the green light from the Federal Aviation Administration. Continue reading
Matternet has announced that it is embarking on the next chapter of its drone operations in Switzerland. Starting January 1, 2023, Matternet will take over drone business activities from Swiss Post, in addition to providing its technology platform and operating customer drone delivery networks. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that it has received a Special Flight Operations Certificate (“SFOC”) from Transport Canada, issued on May 18, 2022, for Beyond Visual Line of Sight commercial drone delivery for its University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine’s ‘Remote Communities Drone Transport Initiative program (drone deliveries between Village of Fraser Lake and Stellat’en First Nation). Continue reading
Healthcare and emergency assistance firm Falck has begun medical drone deliveries between the town of Svendborg in southeastern Denmark, and the island of Ærø. Continue reading
Walmart continue to expand its delivery operations to help customers get the items they need when they need them, and it’s been an exciting journey. Continue reading
Skyports, a global Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure developer and drone delivery services operator, and Jurong Port, the operator of Singapore’s only multi-purpose cargo port, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of ship-to-shore infrastructure at Jurong Port. Continue reading
German drone delivery company Wingcopter and Continental Drones Ltd., a subsidiary of Ghana- and Dubai-based Atlantic Trust Holding, have signed a partnership agreement to help establish drone-based delivery networks with thousands of Wingcopter drones across the African continent. Continue reading
UK Royal Mail has set out its ambition to scale up its use of drone technology and create more than 50 new postal drone routes over the next three years, subject to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval, as part of a new partnership with Windracers, the logistics drone company. Continue reading