The drone delivery of everyday items is starting to take off with services from companies including Flytrex and Google. But the most successful programs have been medical in nature. This wee... Read more
Yesterday, at the Amazon re:MARS 2019 conference, CEO Consumer Worldwide Jeff Wilkes introduced Amazon’s newest delivery drone – and said that delivery would happen within months... Read more
The drone industry in 2019 has seen a number of ambitious delivery services take flight and generally make progress. Zipline recently launched a delivery network in Ghana, Google’s Pro... Read more
Last week, drone delivery service Zipline announced $190 million in new financing, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.2 billion dollars. In the world of commercial drones –... Read more
In a world-first flight and a significant step for human medicine, a University of Maryland drone has delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center, befor... Read more
It’s been quite a week for drone delivery. The FAA announced that Wing had received the first ever airline carrier for drones authorization, which would open the doors to commercial p... Read more
Wing, the Alphabet (Google) spin off, has quietly overtaken Amazon and other consumer drone delivery programs to be first to the finish line in the U.S. and around the globe. Earlier this mo... Read more
This week, Google spin off Project Wing featured in two big pieces of news in the drone industry. First came the news that the company had won the approval of the Australian aviation author... Read more
From the distance comes a high-pitched whining. It sounds horrible, like a giant mosquito. Or maybe a herd of angry mice screaming in a wind tunnel. It is in fact a flying burrito. And it... Read more
It’s often said that if you wish for something hard enough, it might just come true. That appears to be the latest avenue the team at Amazon is exploring as part of ongoing efforts to... Read more
UK-based drone infrastructure firm Skyports and partners have successfully completed drone delivery trials in an urban environment and near a major international airport. Skyports specialize... Read more
We often think of drone deliveries as being most useful in remote, hard-to-reach locations. Usually, that involves providing a cargo-carrying alternative in rural areas or a link to places c... Read more
Spanish UAV manufacturer Alpha Unmanned Systems is one of several UAV companies chosen to participate in Inmarsat´s UAV Pop-up lab. The satellite and communications giant is using the progra... Read more
DroneLife recently caught up with David Rovira, Co-Founder and COO of Rigi Technologies, manufacturers of a new delivery drone built around the package. (Check out the video below to see Ri... Read more