UAS VISION
an independent online news service for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems world
Package delivery giant United Parcel Service Inc. began testing last Thursday the use of drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote locations. Working with Danvers, Mass.-based drone maker CyPhy Works, UPS staged a mock delivery of urgently needed medicine from Beverly, Mass. to Children’s Island. Continue reading
When Amazon eventually starts delivering items via drone, the company wants the option to land its unmanned aircrafts on trucks or buses for a portion of the journey, a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows.
Alphabet’s innovation lab X drone-focused team called Project Wing has just announced a plan to commence aerial burrito delivery, in partnership with Chipotle, on the campus of Virgina Tech this week.
The University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site and University of Maryland Shore Regional Health teamed up for Maryland’s first civil unmanned aerial delivery of simulated medical cargo across the Chesapeake Bay. Continue reading
Flirtey and Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited (Domino’s) announced they have partnered on the first commercial pizza-by-drone delivery model. The two companies exhibited the first stage of their partnership with a demonstration of pizza delivery by drone in Auckland, New Zealand on August 25th 2016. The successful demonstration was also attended by the Civil Aviation Authority and Minister of Transport Simon Bridges. Continue reading
Aerospace company Airbus has announced plans for an autonomous vehicle that is capable of taking off and flying over traffic jams “at the push of a button”. Continue reading
A newly published patent application almost literally delves into the nuts and bolts of the package-delivering drones that Amazon is developing – but it also makes clear that the look of the drones could vary, depending on where and how they’re being used. Continue reading
The White House approved a pilot program last week that will allow Maryland’s Smith Island and two other remote communities in the U.S. to start receiving medical supplies via drone.