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
Category Archives: Transport
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
Heathrow to Central London in 12 Minutes by Drone
A British entrepreneur developing the UK’s first autonomous passenger drone says he’ll begin test flights with people on board as early as this year. Continue reading
Circular Runways for Delivery Drones
The Dutch engineer behind the idea for circular runways at airports has revealed plans to build a test runway for unmanned delivery drones. Henk Hesselink is collaborating with Valkenburg airport, a disused naval base near The Hague, which has ambitions to become a drone innovation centre. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada Sparrow Gets Compliant Status
Drone Delivery Canada has announced that Transport Canada has accepted the Company’s Declaration of Compliance for the X1000 Sparrow cargo delivery drone. This unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is now compliant with the Transport Canada UAS standard. Continue reading
Reducing Global Air Freight Costs by 50% with Drones
Natilus, a startup based out of California, is looking to provide a solution that allows it to transport freight multiple times faster than when it is shipped across the ocean, at half the price of regular air freight. Continue reading
Mercedes Drone Partnership Makes 100 Deliveries
In a global first, online orders were delivered in Zurich between 25 September and 13 October with the aid of Vans & Drones. In partnership with Matternet and siroop.ch, Mercedes-Benz carried out a unique pilot project to test on-demand delivery of e-commerce orders – and it was a resounding success, particularly as unlike comparable systems this trial of a van and drone solution was carried out over an urban area and over a period of three weeks. Continue reading