Four Norwegian companies – including offshore vessel owner Olympic Subsea – are collaborating to investigate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones to transport cargo between offshore vessels and offshore installations. Continue reading
Category Archives: Transport
North Carolina Calls for Drone Delivery of Medical Supplies
Physicians and providers in North Carolina may soon have faster access to supplies by air rather than wheels thanks to a proposal by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Continue reading
Disposable Delivery Drone for Humanitarian Needs
Plastic foam, plywood and some other plastic parts could make the difference between life and death. These are the materials that make up a delivery drone created by DASH Systems. The California company also describes its lightweight aircraft as an unmanned aerial vehicle or glider. Continue reading
First Flight Demonstration for Airbus Skyways Parcel Delivery Drone
Leo Jeoh (design office head at Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia) and team around Skyways
Airbus Helicopters’ Skyways unmanned air vehicle has successfully completed its first flight demonstration at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The drone took off from its dedicated maintenance centre and landed on the roof of a specially designed parcel station where a parcel was automatically loaded via a robotic arm. Continue reading
Bell Air Taxi Project Revealed at CES
Bell staked a claim as the first helicopter maker to exhibit at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, and joined a growing list of manned aircraft manufacturers working to make pilots optional. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada Expands Testing Program to USA
Drone Delivery Canada has announced that it is expanding its commercial testing program to the United States of America at the New York Griffiss International Airport UAS Test Site, located in Rome, New York in Q1, 2018. Continue reading
Blockchain-Enabled Air Taxi System Closes Angel Round
The maker of a blockchain-enabled air taxi system, VIMANA Global has closed its angel round and launched a private pre-sale whitelist, the first stage of the looming Token Generation Event (TGE). Continue reading
Boeing Unveils Unmanned Cargo Air Vehicle Prototype
Boeing has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype that will be used to test and evolve Boeing’s autonomy technology for future aerospace vehicles. It is designed to transport a payload up to 500 pounds for possible future cargo and logistics applications. Continue reading