Moya Aero gets $2m to build drone ground control system news Yves Le Marquand 12 Mar 25 0 Moya Aero has been awarded a $2m grant to develop a portable ground control system for high-capacity drones by the Brazilian government. The grant comes… Read more
Building a drone network that matters to people Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 13 Nov 24 0 In 2023, DoorDash alone delivered over two billion takeouts to US customers. That is one company. Between DoorDash and Uber Eats, the pair made nearly five billion… Read more
FAA approves Amazon drone to begin deliveries in Arizona news Yves Le Marquand 7 Nov 24 0 Amazon customers in Tolleson, Arizona can now receive deliveries of small items via drone following FAA approval. The US regulator has cleared Amazon’s MK30 drone… Read more
Matternet brings drone delivery to Silicon Valley news Yves Le Marquand 3 Oct 24 0 Residents of Silicon Valley can now take delivery of items such as groceries via drone as part of a programme launched by Matternet. The drone… Read more
Matternet secures Light UAS Operator Certificate in Switzerland news Yves Le Marquand 11 Sep 24 0 Drone delivery specialist, Matternet has been granted a Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation. This certification is the… Read more
Orkney drone mail delivery service gets extension news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 Skyports Drone Services and Royal Mail are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their drone delivery service in Orkney, Scotland by announcing it has been extended… Read more
Scottish drone trial transports NHS lab samples for first time news Yves Le Marquand 27 Aug 24 0 A drone trial led by AGS Airports in partnership with the NHS has transported laboratory samples for the first time in Scotland. The 35-minute flight… Read more
Wing and DoorDash expand services to Melbourne news Yves Le Marquand 19 Jul 24 0 Wing has rolled out its drone delivery service to Melbourne, Australia with the help of DoorDash. From this week about 250,000 residents in Melbourne’s eastern… Read more
Amazon ceases drone deliveries in California, expands to Arizona news Yves Le Marquand 29 Apr 24 0 Amazon is stopping its Prime Air drone deliveries in California after two years of operations. The retail giant disclosed little as to why operations are… Read more
Wingcopter opening type certification process in Japan with ITOCHU news Yves Le Marquand 10 Apr 24 0 Wingcopter’s application to begin type certification of its delivery drone in Japan has been accepted. The news marks the first time a foreign company’s drone… Read more
French postal service adds new route for drone deliveries news Yves Le Marquand 3 Apr 24 0 France’s national postal service, La Poste, with the help of Groupe Atechsys has opened a third route for mail deliveries via drone. Alongside ongoing operations… Read more
Leading Lytes: Kookiejar and Lyte Aviation to explore launch of cargo delivery service news Yves Le Marquand 19 Dec 23 0 Lyte Aviation is partnering with Swedish drone and vertiport infrastructure specialist Kookiejar to explore development of a heavy payload cargo delivery service. Initially targeting regions… Read more
Wingcopter delivering football kits via drone news Yves Le Marquand 5 Dec 23 0 Fans of German football club SV Darmstadt 98 can support their team and the fledgling drone delivery industry now that a new partnership sees Wingcopter… Read more
Skyports Drone Services launches delivery project in Korea news Yves Le Marquand 11 Oct 23 0 Skyports Drone Services has launched a new drone delivery project in the coastal Korean city of Yeosu. The project which will see the BVLOS delivery… Read more
Google company Wing reveals plans for drone delivery network news Yves Le Marquand 10 Mar 23 0 Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet which owns Google, has unveiled plans for a drone delivery network. According to the firm, the economics of drone delivery… Read more