Toronto-based Drone Delivery Canada is partnering with Air Canada and the Edmonton International Airport to launch the world’s first airport-based, drone-delivery hub. Edmonton Regional Airports Authority and DDC will build flight routes from EIA using the drone firm’s DroneSpot takeoff and landing zones utilizing DDC’s drone flight infrastructure. DDC and the airport … [Read more...] about Drone Delivery Canada Lands Agreement with Edmonton Airport
Delivery Drones
Uber Eats Unveils New Delivery Drone Design
Good eats could soon be a drone flight away, if Uber’s aviation division has its way. Uber Elevate unveiled a new food-delivery drone at Forbes’ Under 30 Summit in Detroit on Monday. Although the company declined to reveal the hexa-copter’s designer, Uber Elevate head Eric Allison told conference-goers the UAV is vertical and horizontal flight-capable (which sounds a lot … [Read more...] about Uber Eats Unveils New Delivery Drone Design
Walgreens and Wing Launch Drone Delivery Trial in Virginia
Relief for the sniffles and the munchies will be just a drone flight away for Christianburg, Va. residents. Drugstore chain Walgreens is partnering with Alphabet UAV spinoff Wing to launch a pilot drone delivery service. The store-to-door program will carry 100 select products to Walgreens customers including food, beverages and over-the-counter medicine via the Wing … [Read more...] about Walgreens and Wing Launch Drone Delivery Trial in Virginia
NUAIR Validates Drone-Delivery Parachute for Israeli Firm
Israeli drone company Flytrex has partnered with the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) to validate the company’s parachute on its package delivery UAVs at NUAIR’s New York UAS Test Site in Rome, N.Y. Flytrex provides autonomous drone delivery systems that enable clients to integrate on-demand autonomous drone delivery. The second validation performed by … [Read more...] about NUAIR Validates Drone-Delivery Parachute for Israeli Firm
That Amazon Surveillance Drone Patent – and What it Really Means for Homeowners
Amazon's patent to turn its delivery drones into home surveillance drones isn't a new idea: the company filed the patent in 2015. The patent was granted this month, however; the same month that Amazon revealed its new delivery drone technology and the FAA granted the company permissions to test their delivery service: and that's enough to give some homeowners pause as they … [Read more...] about That Amazon Surveillance Drone Patent – and What it Really Means for Homeowners
