Ele.me, one of China’s leading online food delivery platforms, has been given the green light by authorities to operate in the country’s initial delivery routes for drones. Continue reading
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Drone Delivery Canada and Toyota to Collaborate on Drone Delivery Logistics Platform
Drone Delivery Canada and Toyota Tsusho Canada Inc. ‘TTCI’ have that announced they have signed an agreement to collaborate on a drone delivery logistics platform. Continue reading
Amazon Patent Covers Messaging a Delivery Drone
A patent just issued to Amazon addresses methods by which a drone could signal its approach, as well as techniques for signalling back. Continue reading
Cormorant Achieves IDF Mission Demo Milestone
On May 7th, Tactical Robotics (a subsidiary of Urban Aeronautics Ltd), based in Yavne. Israel, successfully performed a first “mission representative” demonstration for its lead customer, the Israel Defence Forces. Continue reading
Workhorse Autonomous Drone Package Delivery Pilot Underway in Cincinnati
Workhorse Group Inc. , an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective solutions to the commercial electric transportation sector, announced that the HorseFly truck-launched Autonomous Drone Package Delivery System is now making real-life package deliveries to homes in the Cincinnati area in a pilot program with the City of Loveland and the FAA. Continue reading
Israeli Company Flytrex in FAA Pilot Program
Israeli drone logistics company Flytrex has teamed up with the North Carolina state government to participate in a groundbreaking Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot program that will bring Flytrex’s food-delivery drone technology closer to rollout in the United States. Continue reading
NASA, Uber to Explore Safety, Efficiency of Future Urban Airspace
An artist’s conception of a future where different aircraft – vertical takeoff, traditional takeoff, crewed, uncrewed – safely perform a variety of daily missions in rural to urban environments. Credits: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory
NASA has signed a second space act agreement with Uber Technologies, Inc., to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air transportation in populated areas. Continue reading
Workhorse Gets Patent for HorseFly Delivery System
Workhorse Group Inc., an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective solutions to the commercial electric transportation sector, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent, number 9,915,956, for the HorseFly Truck Launched Drone Package Delivery System.