Maersk Tankers – which owns and operates a fleet of product tankers and is part of the Copenhagen, Denmark-based Maersk Group – says it recently completed a parcel delivery via drone to a vessel at sea. Maersk Tankers says it [Read More]
Maersk Tankers – which owns and operates a fleet of product tankers and is part of the Copenhagen, Denmark-based Maersk Group – says it recently completed a parcel delivery via drone to a vessel at sea. Maersk Tankers says it [Read More]
An octocopter holding a yellow package ready for doorstep delivery has been the face of Amazon’s drone-delivery concept for the past two years. Now, the company has revealed a different type of unmanned aircraft in the works.
Amazon has received an amendment from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its Section 333 exemption for commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations: Amazon Prime Air is now allowed to test additional aircraft but was not given the authority to [Read More]
The multinational retail giant reportedly wants in on the delivery-by-drone idea and has formally submitted a request to the FAA.
DPDgroup – the commercial brand of GeoPost, the holding company of the French Groupe La Poste – is pursuing its project for delivering parcels by drones, including the development of a delivery terminal. DPDgroup says it has been testing drone [Read More]
Last week in Wise County, Va., a multidisciplinary team and a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test site joined forces to successfully conduct deliveries via unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). An audience including Gov. Terry McAuliffe, representatives from the United Nations, state [Read More]
Workhorse Group Inc. says it has filed a Section 333 exemption with the Federal Aviation Administration to commercially deliver packages using its proprietary HorseFly octocopter, which flies to and from a standard delivery vehicle. Workhorse Aerospace is teaming with the [Read More]
For the purpose of inspecting antenna masts in the Netherlands, T-Mobile has now taken delivery of the Aerialtronics Altura Zenith unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Jeffrey Leentjes, network specialist at T-Mobile, explains that telecoms companies can save time and significant operational [Read More]
Dubbing it ‘the world's first Internet-connected drone that serves as your personal courier,’ Tel Aviv, Israel-based Flytrex is promising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) whose uses extend even beyond package delivery. As demonstrated in a video from the company, the [Read More]
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) will deliver pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies during research flights at a free medical clinic in Wise, Va., on July 17. At an event called ‘Let's Fly Wisely,’ NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., and [Read More]
Mekonomen Group, a chain of spare-car-part suppliers in the Nordic region, is testing out deliveries via drone. This new shipping method will facilitate faster deliveries and increased cost savings, the group says, adding that the drone is particularly suitable in [Read More]
FPS, a U.K.-based supply-chain solution provider, has completed what it believes to be the first U.K. business-to-business delivery made by a drone. The product delivered was a Gates belt tensioner from the FPS automotive aftermarket product range. The item was [Read More]
Avant-garde online florist Gift Flowers Hong Kong says it recently conducted a test run for flower deliveries by drone. The goal, the company says, is to circumvent Hong Kong's traffic congestion. However, it does not plan to add the service [Read More]
As part of the show's ‘Game of Drones’ series, ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) brought in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a cup of coffee to anchor Robin Roberts. According to a video from GMA, the show is [Read More]
Following guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the University of Michigan recently scrapped its plans to include an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a football pregame celebration. The university originally said in a press release that it would be [Read More]
Although online retailer Amazon has not had much luck in convincing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow the company to deliver goods with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), rumor has it they are planning to launch the service overseas in [Read More]
Following the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) recent Federal Register notice on its interpretation of the statutory special rules for model aircraft, Amazon has sent a letter to the agency for permission to go forward with plans to test unmanned aerial [Read More]
The food-delivery-by-drone trend is continuing: A restaurant in Connecticut has delivered a platter of chicken wings to a customer. According to a HartfordBusiness.com report, the Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery operated an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) toting two pounds of [Read More]
Following the excitement and subsequent letdown of the Indian pizza place that falsely claimed to have delivered a pie via drone, a pizzeria in Russia says it has now achieved the feat. According to The Moscow Times, DoDo's Pizza in [Read More]
It was reported in May that a pizza place in Mumbai, India, used an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a pizza to a customer in a high-rise apartment. It is now revealed to be a hoax. Mumbai Mirror says [Read More]
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