Cargo & Delivery Drones News & Articles

New Parachute Recovery Systems for Autonomous Delivery Drones

Speedbird Aero has signed a multi-phase deal with ParaZero for the integration of the ParaZero SafeAir Autonomous Parachute Recovery Systems...

Jul 27, 2021
Halo Connectivity Solution Powers Drone Delivery Tests

Elsight’s Halo drone connectivity solution has been selected to support demonstrations performed by the NAAMA Initiative, a coalition of public...

Jul 26, 2021
Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone Completes Flight Tests

UAVOS has completed a series of flight demonstrations of its converted UVH-500 unmanned helicopter. During the demonstrations the UAV dropped cargo of 100 kg (220 lbs) at specified locations and demonstrated its ability to operate day and night, and in adverse weather conditions.

Jul 16, 2021
Largest Ever Delivery of VTOL UAVs Completed

BlueBird Aero Systems has delivered a hundred of its WanderB-VTOL UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to an unspecified customer in Europe....

Jun 21, 2021
UAV-Based Postal Delivery Tested in Slovenia

Slovenia’s national postal agency, PoÅ¡ta Slovenija, has tested drone delivery for the first time, using a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)...

Jun 14, 2021
New Cargo Delivery Drone Introduced

XMobots, a prominent manufacturer of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) serving the Latin American market, has entered the cargo transportation and...

Jun 12, 2021
Triple-Drop Delivery Drone Launched

Wingcopter has introduced a new electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) fixed-wing delivery drone that features a unique triple-drop mechanism that allows for...

Apr 30, 2021
MissionGO Achieves FAA Milestone for UAS Cargo Delivery

The FAA certification office has approved MissionGO’s MG Velos 100 airworthiness criteria as part of MissionGO’s Type Certificate application, a...

Apr 28, 2021
Drone Delivery Platform Incorporates Airspace Awareness Technology

Flirtey has confirmed that it has incorporated Kongsberg Geospatial‘s IRIS airspace situational awareness application into the autonomous software platform that...

Apr 22, 2021
Honeywell Sensors Selected for Cargo Delivery UAV

Pipistrel has selected Honeywell’s next-generation Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) and Air Data Module for its Nuuva V300 cargo delivery...

Apr 02, 2021
First Commercial Deployment for Tethered Drone Delivery Mechanism

A2Z Drone Delivery has recently completed the first commercial deployment of its RDS1 (Rapid Delivery System) tethered freefall drone delivery...

Mar 28, 2021
Condor Long-Range Delivery Drone Completes Further Testing

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has successfully completed further testing with its Condor long-range delivery drone at the Foremost UAS Test...

Mar 11, 2021
Drone Delivery System to Undergo Type Certification

  Flirtey has completed the technologies required for its drone delivery system, designed for last-mile delivery, to undergo FAA type...

Mar 08, 2021
Prototype Long-Range Naval Cargo Transport UAS Tested

Naval Air Force Atlantic has conducted a test of a new prototype unmanned aircraft, known as Blue Water UAS, designed...

Feb 28, 2021
Autonomous Cargo Delivery UAS Selected by US Air Force

Silent Arrow has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) to scale down its GD-2000 cargo...

Feb 16, 2021
C-ASTRAL Provides C4ISR Capabilities for VTOL Cargo UAV

C-ASTRAL Aerospace has been selected to provide C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) capabilities for the upgraded...

Feb 03, 2021
UK’s First Medical Drone Delivery Network to be Developed

A consortium of 13 organisations, led by AGS Airports, has been formed to develop and trial the UK’s first national...

Jan 30, 2021
Drone Delivery Service Launched on Guam

Valqari’s Drone Delivery Station technology is being deployed as part of a new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-based delivery service launching...

Jan 30, 2021
China Introduces National Standard for UAS Delivery Services

China’s State Post Bureau has issued a Specification for Express Delivery Service by Unmanned Aircraft, which is the country’s first...

Jan 05, 2021
Simultaneous Long Distance Delivery Performed with Two Drones

Pablo Air has performed simultaneous delivery of medical supplies with two drones from Incheon New Port in mainland Korea to...

Dec 09, 2020
Drone Delivery Trials for COVID-19 Test Kits

Flirtey has partnered with medical services provider Vault Health to test drone delivery of the first FDA-authorized saliva test for...

Dec 01, 2020
Long-Range Delivery Drone Successfully Tested

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has successfully performed a series of tests with its Robin XL unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The...

Nov 25, 2020
First Drone Delivery to a Submarine Performed

Skyfront’s long-endurance hybrid-electric Perimeter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been used to perform the first ever ship-to-submarine delivery with a...

Nov 19, 2020
Fly-By-Wire System Selected for Pipistrel Autonomous Cargo UAV

Pipistrel has selected Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system for incorporation into the company’s Nuuva V300 autonomous cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)....

Oct 22, 2020
Rapid Delivery System Released for Multirotor Drones

A2Z Drone Delivery has launched the RDS1 (Rapid Delivery System), a tethered freefall drone delivery mechanism available as an add-on...

Oct 09, 2020
World’s First Full-Scale Offshore UAV Delivery Carried Out

Schiebel and Nordic Unmanned have carried out what is claimed to be the world’s first full-scale offshore UAV (unmanned aerial-vehicle)...

Aug 31, 2020
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