A partnership between German drone manufacturer Wingcopter and air medical service provider Air Methods may soon launch the first drone based, healthcare-specific delivery network across the United States. Dubbed Spright, the network would battle the lack of immediate or timely access to healthcare resources such as blood, medicines, diagnostics and small medical devices. … [Read more...] about Wingcopter’s New Partnership to Launch Nationwide Medical Drone Delivery Network
Delivery Drones
Telehealth Drone Brings Healthcare to Your Living Room
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new telehealth drone to improve access to healthcare. "Inventors Victoria Wangia-Anderson, Manish Kumar, Seung-Yeon Lee and Debi Sampsel from three colleges at UC collaborated to develop a semi-autonomous prototype that can be dispatched right to people’s homes," says a UC press release. "The drones … [Read more...] about Telehealth Drone Brings Healthcare to Your Living Room
Navy delivery drone completes first ever ship-to-sub mission
A long-endurance hybrid-electric Skyfront Perimeter drone just set a new maritime milestone, completing the first ship-to-submarine delivery via small unmanned aircraft. Taking off from a moving surface vessel, the delivery drone ferried supplies to the crew of the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (no word if any sub sandwiches were … [Read more...] about Navy delivery drone completes first ever ship-to-sub mission
AgEagle Soars into Drone Delivery Manufacturing Deal
Agricultural drone company AgEagle Aerial Systems has landed a two-year contract manufacturing agreement with Chicago drone delivery startup Valqari, LLC . The deal will allow AgEagle to produce Valqari’s recently released Drone Delivery Station – a landing solution with six separate storage units to accommodate multiple deliveries or pickups. A recent Valqari press … [Read more...] about AgEagle Soars into Drone Delivery Manufacturing Deal
Autonomous Delivery: Long Range Drone Delivery Emerges as Fast Growing Segment
Long range drone delivery - greater than 20 kilometers or about 12 miles - is emerging as a fast growing in the autonomous delivery market, according to a new research report. Short range autonomous delivery has gotten a lot of press recently as companies like Walmart, Amazon, Wing, and UPS engage in high profile drone delivery trials. During the current COVID crisis, … [Read more...] about Autonomous Delivery: Long Range Drone Delivery Emerges as Fast Growing Segment
