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Airbus Helicopters (Airbus) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Proof-of-Concept Trials, named the Skyways Project, in Singapore. Continue reading
Amazon has showed off a new prototype drone it hopes to use to deliver small packages to customers in fewer than 30 minutes. Unlike a previous demonstration offered by Amazon that showed packages being carried below the drone, the new video shows the prototype accepting a package into its fuselage before delivery. Continue reading
Google X project leader David Vos says goods will be winging their way to consumers sometime in 2017. Continue reading
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Certificate of Authorization (COA) to the Ohio/Indiana UAS Center and Test Complex, which will allow Workhorse Group and the University of Cincinnati to continue their joint development of Workhorse Group’s Horsefly parcel delivery drone. Continue reading
Watching baby steps of drone delivery, courtesy of Google X (5 miles in 5 mins is the promise) #zg15 pic.twitter.com/Xk2KyTRURP
— Aaref Hilaly (@aaref) October 19, 2015
This short video shows one of Google’s delivery drones gracefully drop a package at the company’s Zeitgeist confab taking place right now in Arizona. Continue reading
A project aiming to deliver medical supplies to remote areas of Africa using unmanned air vehicles is gathering pace, as it prepares to select the systems that will be used for a pilot test programme in 2016. Continue reading
Singapore Post has announced the success of a mail and packet drone delivery trial which took place between Lorong Halus and Pulau Ubin in Singapore.
Starting from September 2, the Finnish post office, Posti will carry out a four-day experiment to test the technology of the future in e-commerce logistics and mail delivery. Continue reading