Hungry college students now have a new way of receiving snacks and sundries: drone-based package drops across campus without a delivery fee. Continue reading
Category Archives: Transport
Drone Replaces Van in Cross-Location Factory Logistics
In a project that is unique in Germany, the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS), Merck and the drone manufacturer Wingcopter are currently designing and testing the use of delivery drones in cross-location factory logistics. Continue reading
Flirtey Patent Enhances Safety in Drone Delivery
Flirtey, a drone delivery service, announced that it has been granted a key patent that will enhance its fundamental technology with an additional component to safety in drone flights and deliveries. This granted patent will enhance safety when drone manufacturers implement technologies such as parachutes, while a drone is in flight and when it is delivering a package. Continue reading
ST Engineering and Wilhelmsen Team on Shore-to-Ship Parcel Deliveries
ST Engineering and Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) will be collaborating to develop and test solutions to enable Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations for shore-to-ship parcel deliveries in Singapore. Continue reading
Yates to Launch Wide-Body Silent Arrow at Farnborough
Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC) has announced the design completion and specifications of a wide-body version of its successful GD-2000 cargo delivery drone, with unveiling set for July 20-24, 2020 at the Farnborough International Airshow, UK. Continue reading
Terra Drone and Unilever Trial Ice Cream Delivery in New York

Terra Drone Europe team member (second from right) with members of Unilever’s ice cream delivery program, ‘Ice Cream Now’, including Unilever CEO Alan Jope (third from right)
Terra Drone Europe and the British-Dutch transnational consumer goods giant Unilever have joined forces to explore drone-delivery of ice creams in New York. In a program undertaken at Unilever’s recent annual investor event, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cups were delivered to a pre-decided destination by drone. Continue reading
C$2M Investment for Canadian Heavy-Lift Drone
Laflamme Aéro announced the conclusion of a $ 2 million round of financing in which Investissement Québec, Anges Québec and Anges Québec Capital. Investments that are timely for the company which is preparing to market its LX300 drone from 2020, the first aircraft in the world of the unmanned helicopter type capable of carrying loads of 90 kilos. Continue reading
San Diego Health to Test Drone Delivery of Medical Samples
UC San Diego Health will test whether it can safely use small flying drones to quickly transport medical samples among its facilities in a project meant to reduce the time patients have to wait for blood test results and treatment. Continue reading






