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
Wingcopter and Frankfurt UAS launch drone delivery in rural Germany news Yves Le Marquand 6 Oct 23 0 Wingcopter and the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences have launched what they call the DroLEx (Drohnen-Lastenrad-Express-Belieferung) project. Translated in english to ‘Drone-Cargo Bike Express Delivery’,… Read more
FAA issues initial BVLOS approval for Zipline news Yves Le Marquand 19 Sep 23 0 The FAA has authorised Zipline International to deliver commercial packages around two US locations using drones that fly beyond the operator’s visual line of sight.… Read more
Skyports Drone Services and Equinor launch North Sea delivery trial news Yves Le Marquand 18 Sep 23 0 Skyports Drone Services is trialling oil rig drone deliveries in the North Sea with Norwegian energy firm, Equinor. The two-month flight programme, launched earlier this… Read more
Zipline unveils new autonomous ‘home delivery’ platform news Yves Le Marquand 20 Mar 23 0 Zipline has unveiled its new platform that provides autonomous delivery directly to homes in cities and suburbs. The company’s home delivery platform is designed to… Read more