Cargo & Delivery Drones News & Articles

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
Iris Automation DAA System Powers BVLOS UAS Cargo Delivery

Iris Automation’s Casia has been selected as the exclusive detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution for Avidrone Aerospace, a developer of long-range cargo...

Aug 20, 2020
Robotic Skies Supports Skyports Delivery Drones

Robotic Skies has entered into a partnership with drone delivery service provider Skyports in order to develop maintenance programs for...

Jul 30, 2020
Acecore Demonstrates Drone Delivery Solution at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Acecore Technologies has demonstrated its drone delivery solution at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands’ largest airport. The test was performed...

Jun 27, 2020
Yamaha and Japan Airlines Trial Helicopter Drone Cargo Delivery

Yamaha Motor and Japan Airlines have successfully completed a trial using helicopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that aimed to test...

Apr 28, 2020
UAVOS Completes Unmanned Cargo Delivery Helicopter Tests

UAVOS has performed a successful flight test with the company’s new UVH-170 cargo delivery unmanned helicopter, carrying out an automated...

Apr 22, 2020
Smart Radio Integrated into Long-Range Cargo Drone

Doodle Labs’ Smart Radio has been selected as the communications solution for a hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned...

Apr 17, 2020
Cargo UAV Delivery Service Launched for Humanitarian Relief

Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC) has launched a civilian subsidiary, AVIUS Air Delivery, that will provide immediate air response for humanitarian...

Apr 04, 2020
Heavy-Lift Cargo Delivery Drone Begins Commercial Testing

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that it will begin commercial operations testing of its long-range heavy-lift Condor cargo delivery...

Feb 26, 2020
Large Autonomous Cargo Delivery Drone to be Unveiled

Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC) has announced that it has completed the design and specifications for a wide-body version of its...

Jan 27, 2020
UAVOS Unveils New Unmanned Cargo Helicopter

UAVOS has announced the introduction of the R-22, an unmanned helicopter for long-distance cargo delivery and humanitarian/disaster relief. Based on...

Jan 13, 2020
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