Tag: drone delivery
Skyports buying up London rooftops for future drone network
UK startup Skyports is investing in London rooftop spaces with a view to building a drone infrastructure network.
Company bosses hope their 'vertiports' will become...
Flytrex & Aha expand Icelandic drone delivery service
In August 2017, Icelandic online retailer Aha partnered with Israeli startup Flytrex to ferry packages from one side of Reykjavik to the other as...
The world’s fastest drone fleet is ready to service the US
Zipline has been saving lives in rural Africa since October 2016. Now, the drone delivery startup is launching a revamped fleet that will make...
How Skydroid could protect prisons from drone smugglers
A company called Skydroid was awarded £237,000 by the Ministry of Justice last year to work on a proof of concept to protect UK prisons from...
Analysis: Airbus’ Skyways delivery drone completes first flight demo (VIDEO)
Airbus’ unmanned drone delivery project, Skyways, has completed a successful demonstration flight in Singapore. A full-scale trial is pencilled in for later this year.
For an...
Drone deliveries aid Fukushima recovery efforts
Six years on from the devastating nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant, residents in nearby Minamisoma have returned to their homes. Delivery drones...
Matternet to launch medical drone delivery in Switzerland
Back in March, logistics company Matternet was granted permission to launch a drone delivery service over populated areas in Switzerland. Now, with the unveiling...
Flytrex launches drone delivery trial in Iceland
On-demand drone delivery service Flytrex has been granted permission to carry out missions in Reykjavik, Iceland. The flights will be delivering products from local e-commerce platform AHA.
Iceland's...
Malawi and Unicef open air space for drone deliveries
Unicef has joined forces with the government of Malawi to set up an air corridor to test humanitarian drone applications.
Some 80km of air space...
CODI: Schneider Electric’s hub for supply chain advances
This morning at Internet of Supply Chain EMEA in Amsterdam, attendees were taken on a whistle-stop tour of cutting-edge technology projects currently underway at...
IBM patents drone for aerial pass-the-parcel
IBM has been granted a patent for mid-air package transfer technology that could be applied to extend the range of drone deliveries.
Technology giant IBM...
UK start-up to deliver humanitarian aid via edible drone
Windhorse Aerospace is a UK start-up with a thoroughly modern take on humanitarian aid: an edible drone.
The use of drones for search and rescue has...