On its platform, the helicopter-style SH-350 drone receives a blue package in a pelican-case-style box. Tied tight into place, it rises with the drone over a field of snow. The tops of snow-covered trees are visible below, as the robotic letter carrier navigates the skies of the Siberian winter twilight. Continue reading
Category Archives: Transport
Walmart and DroneUp Announce First Multi-Site Commercial Drone Delivery Operations
DroneUp, LLC, a global provider of drone technology and services, and Walmart announced today the first multi-site commercial drone delivery operations. The three locations, which will be located at Walmart stores in Northwest Arkansas, will operate from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., seven days per week, to deliver items to eligible Walmart customers by air in as little as 30 minutes. Continue reading
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
Walmart Teams with Zipline to Launch Autonomous Aircraft Delivery Service
Walmart and Zipline announced the launch of its much-anticipated instant delivery service in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. 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
Drone Delivery Canada Flight Tests Canary Delivery Drone
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced the successful initial tests of its next generation Sparrow drone. Continue reading
Amazon’s Prime Air Drone Unit Quietly Disbanded French R&D Team
Amazon.com Inc.’s has shifted staff working on its Paris-based drone research and development center to new projects, marking another set-back in the company’s delivery project. Continue reading
Near Earth Autonomy and L3Harris Demonstrate Drone System that Delivers Blood to Medics in the Field
Near Earth Autonomy and L3Harris Technologies have successfully demonstrated an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capable of autonomously delivering life-saving blood and other medical supplies hundreds of miles from operational bases to medics in the field. Continue reading