Delivery

Operations are expanding internationally thanks to an agreement with the Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services, Everdrone revealed

The approval moves Amazon one step closer to a nationwide delivery service, while Wing and UPS aim to get there first

Volansi has closed $50 million in a Series B round of funding. Led by Icon Ventures, other participants in this financing include existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and YCombinator as well as new investors Harpoon Ventures and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund. In addition to the company's funding, Volansi also announced Joe Horowitz, managing partner of Icon, and Barry Eggers, founding partner of Lightspeed, will join its board of directors. Volansi provides automated point-to-point drone delivery services for time-critical parts and urgent medical supplies for enterprise customers and the U.S. Department of Defense. This new funding will allow Volansi to

Zipline already operates the world's largest drone delivery network and was founded in 2016 in Rwanda

The partners aim to create a larger, bespoke UAV for the purpose after initial trials are completed

The firm said it is a way of experimenting in how to reach more customers.

LMT has successfully completed the first cross-border drone flight in Latvia on its mobile network. The cross-border flight was performed during the LAMPA Conversation Festival within the scope of a discussion on the future role of drones in society. A live video was streamed at the event demonstrating not only the drone's flight Beyond the Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), but also its crossing of the Latvian-Estonian border, where it connected to the Estonian mobile network for the final leg of the journey. This demonstration was a meaningful step toward understanding the technological capabilities of drones, expanding the scope of

Drone Delivery Canada has provided an update on the Condor drone from successful testing in Alberta, Canada. The company successfully tested numerous critical aspects of the Condor, including:  triple-redundant communications system (satellite, cellular, 900MHz RF); triple-redundant navigational guidance system; triple-redundant autopilot system; monitoring of unmanned flights remotely from DDC’s Operations Control Centre in Vaughan, Ontario; general flight stability and performance; and fuel consumption characteristics. The Company expects to complete further Condor testing in Q4 2020 in preparation for commercialisation. A Condor unit is also being prepared for future commercial customer operations. The Condor is currently the company’s largest drone with

Drone Delivery Canada has confirmed successful implementation of its second cargo drone route with DSV Air & Sea Inc using DDC’s drone delivery platform. The intent of the roll-out is for DSV to deliver various types of cargo, including healthcare related cargo, from a DroneSpotTM at DSV’s warehouse in Milton, Ontario to a DropSpot at RB (Reckitt Benckiser) in Milton, approximately 4km away. RB is a global producer of health, hygiene and home products. Commenting on the success, Michael Zahra, president and CEO of DDC, said: “We are pleased to announce that the initial implementation of our first contactless, commercial

The all-electric, tandem rotor helicopter concept consists of a five-seater passenger including the pilot cabin that can be attached to either a car or a flight module.