Texas-based company expands offshore cargo operations while preparing for the next phase of U.S. BVLOS regulations By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill While many drone service providers like to tout their latest innovations and brag on the abilities of their aircraft to handle a variety of missions, Austin-based Skyways Aviation has spent the better part of the last … [Read more...] about How Skyways Quietly Built a Global Heavy-Lift Drone Business
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Windracers Expands Scottish Highlands Cargo Drone Project
British heavy-lift drone manufacturer Windracers has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) to accelerate the deployment of air cargo drone operations across some of the UK’s most remote regions. The partnership builds on years of flight trials supported by Innovate UK’s Sustainable Aviation Test Environment … [Read more...] about Windracers Expands Scottish Highlands Cargo Drone Project
MightyFly Secures $50M Healthcare Contract for Autonomous Cargo eVTOL Deliveries
MightyFly, a San Francisco Bay Area-based developer and operator of autonomous hybrid eVTOL cargo aircraft, has announced a five-year, $50 million contract with a leading California healthcare diagnostics provider. The agreement marks one of the largest commercial deployments of autonomous cargo eVTOL aircraft in healthcare logistics to date. Expedited Healthcare … [Read more...] about MightyFly Secures $50M Healthcare Contract for Autonomous Cargo eVTOL Deliveries
Skyways Secures $5 Million to Boost Production of Autonomous Cargo Drones
New Funding Accelerates Delivery of V3 Aircraft for U.S. Department of Defense Skyways, an Austin-based designer and manufacturer of long-range autonomous cargo drones, has secured a $5 million credit investment from Leonid Capital Partners. This new debt facility is aimed at speeding up production of Skyways’ V3 unmanned aircraft for the U.S. Department of Defense. Funding … [Read more...] about Skyways Secures $5 Million to Boost Production of Autonomous Cargo Drones
Skyways Lands $37M USAF Contract to Scale Autonomous Cargo Drones
AFWERX funding propels mass production of long-range, heavy-lift uncrewed aircraft Skyways to Transition from Prototype to Full Production Skyways, an Austin-based manufacturer of long-range autonomous cargo drones, has secured a $37 million contract from the U.S. Air Force’s innovation unit, AFWERX. The funding will help Skyways move its V3 cargo drone from prototype to … [Read more...] about Skyways Lands $37M USAF Contract to Scale Autonomous Cargo Drones
