Drone delivery has made significant progress in 2016. Delivery company Flirtey has worked with the FAA to test delivery in rural, urban, and ship-to-shore scenarios. Medical delivery company Zipline has been deployed to deliver blood supplies to remote clinics in Rwanda. And the ubiquitous Google is doing its part, delivering Chipotle burritos to college students at Virginia … [Read more...] about The Biggest Step Yet for Drone Delivery
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Amazon’s New Patent: Drones Could “Hitch Rides” on Trucks
The latest Amazon Prime Air patent released by the US Patent Office indicates that they may plan to combine drones with trucks, allowing the drones to "hitch rides" on the roofs of their own - and other -trucks and buses. While Amazon's exact plans for drone delivery have been a closely guarded secret - see this article about what a journalist went through to find their … [Read more...] about Amazon’s New Patent: Drones Could “Hitch Rides” on Trucks
New Deal: Amazon’s Drone Delivery Ditches the U.S.
Amazon's drone delivery service - PrimeAir - has given up on the U.S. for now. Days after rival Flirtey announced the first FAA sanctioned residential drone delivery - in which the company proudly delivered a 7-Eleven Slurpee to waiting customers - Amazon announced a partnership with the UK Government to test drone delivery in the UK. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) … [Read more...] about New Deal: Amazon’s Drone Delivery Ditches the U.S.
Amazon Promotes Their Plan for Drone Integration
Amazon Prime Air's Gur Kimchi addressed a packed house at AUVSI's Xponential Conference in New Orleans today, as they promoted their concept for drone integration into the NAS. “Airspace is a shared resource – this is really important. Once you take off and fly, you are sharing the air,” says Kimchi. “What’s important is to have a model that is heterogeneous… that enables … [Read more...] about Amazon Promotes Their Plan for Drone Integration
