The flight tests mark a milestone for Natilus and the autonomous cargo aircraft industry by validating wind tunnel tests conducted over 3 years, testing the aerodynamic performance of the blended-wing-body aircraft design
Leidos will develop, deliver and demonstrate a prototype UAS that can carry a logistics payload between 300 and 600 pounds to a combat area with a radius of 25 to 100 nautical miles
Benefitting from Skyports Drone Services’ experience in the operation of highly automated cargo drones, the project will deliver daily inter-port delivery of Royal Mail items and the demonstration of shore-to-ship deliveries
SURVICE Engineering and Malloy Aeronautics will provide Tactical Resupply Vehicle aircraft to carry out essential resupply to warfighters in contested environments, reducing the number of troops put in harm’s way
SkyDrop is now approved for live store-to-door drone delivery in New Zealand after implementing Kongsberg Geospatial’s IRIS Terminal for operator situational awareness and control in complex airspace
The Honeywell generator will supply electrical power to the electric engines to create a more efficient and sustainable form of travel for FLYING WHALES’ 200-meter-long VTOL hybrid-electric airship
DDC will provide a Condor drone and will collaborate with Transport Canada in operating, testing and evaluating the capabilities of the drone until December 2023
Designed to sound like wind rustling leaves, Zipline’s new drone delivery platform is expected to deliver up to 7 times as fast as traditional automobile delivery, completing 10-mile deliveries in around 10 minutes
Wingcopter and ZAL will explore the potential of green hydrogen to power Wingcopter's drones to achieve longer flight times and greater distances for different delivery applications
With SPARROW, BMT believes it has addressed the problem of large, noisy, and hazardous delivery drones having to land or hover low over the payload destination in unpredictable, sensitive and cluttered environments
Inmarsat is collaborating with Reliable Robotics to work towards integrating remotely piloted cargo aircraft into the US National Airspace System using Inmarsat’s Velaris connectivity
Ameriflight believes using Sabrewing’s Rhaegal-A aircraft to carry cargo to off-airport alternative landing zones will allow it to aid customers in developing a faster and more efficient warehouse distribution network
This license allows the company to build its drone cargo capability under the Volatus brand in preparation for the anticipated Transport Canada/FAA regulatory changes
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with Apian to conduct drone trials that seek to streamline time-sensitive medical deliveries, improve patient experiences and reduce carbon emissions
Pyka’s Pelican Cargo platform has a range of up to 200 miles, a payload of up to 400 pounds in 66 cubic feet of cargo volume, and a nose-loading system with a sliding cargo tray
The Natilus fleet of carbon fiber, blended-wing-body designed cargo aircraft offers a 60% reduction in the cost of operations and cuts carbon emissions by half, enabling the opening of new and emerging markets in remote areas
MightyFly has received FAA Certificate of Authorization for long-range flight of its Cento eVTOL aircraft and will now begin testing its last-mile and middle-mile logistics service
The Chaparral is an end-to-end VTOL cargo delivery system, for autonomous transport of goods up to 500 lbs (225 kgs) with over a 300 nautical mile range
The AnyMile platform from Mitsubishi Electric US is intended to support operation across all known categories of drones to provide an end-to-end resource planning and management system
Skyways Air Transportation and Martin UAV operated their unmanned systems through long-range flights from ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore, and shore-to-ship, delivering cargo over 200 nautical miles
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