You might have seen commercials about Amazon Prime Day, which seems to be the latest addition to the festive shopping calendar. However you might feel about that, there’s good news for... Read more
One of the main challenges facing the mass rollout of drone delivery services is the problem of the last mile. Or, to be more specific, the problem of the last 30 yards. How are packages goi... Read more
Yesterday’s announcement of the chosen participants in the UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) was exciting news for the state, local, and tribal governments listed. It was good news... Read more
News of drone platforms around the globe participating in an unmanned traffic management (UTM) projects has been frequent lately. It’s hard to identify the true leaders in this new ar... Read more
Heads up, folks. It’s about to start raining drones. At least that’s the proposal made in yet another drone delivery patent from Amazon. The company’s latest patent envisag... Read more
Amazon‘s latest patent for “intermodal vehicles” fits in another piece to the drone delivery puzzle. The patent describes container boxes transported by train, truck or co... Read more
There’s no shortage of drone delivery concepts that have been floated by major retailers. None more so than Amazon, which is determined to make its Prime Air service a reality. Althoug... Read more
The Drone User Group Network (DUG) has announced that DUG Director of Policy Kenji Sugahara has been chosen as a voting member of the UAS Identification and Tracking ARC. Sugahara’s ap... Read more
Amazon‘s drone delivery project has resulted in the filing of dozens of patents. We’ve seen ideas for drones hitching rides on trucks, a “welcome mat” style landing... Read more
A recent article published on Recode.net speculated that the privatization of air traffic control, as announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week, could actually speed up drone int... Read more
Amazon has revealed more details about their drone delivery program this month at the invitation-only MARS technology conference. Steven Levy of Backchannel was present at the event, and re... Read more
Amazon seems undaunted, continuing to move forward on drone delivery despite continued regulatory resistance. They introduced the newest version of their delivery drone – under strict... Read more
When it comes to drone delivery, Amazon has not been short of ideas – or patents. Since launching the drone delivery project, Amazon has come up with patents for bird-house like docki... Read more
Mega-retailer Amazon continues to spread it corporate wings into the drone space, filing a patent for a new type of hybrid folding-wing design. The patent was filed in 2014 and published on... Read more
