Drone delivery has been in the news frequently recently, as both UPS and Wing claim firsts in commercial drone delivery in the U.S. Wing is now delivering commercial goods within a town in... Read more
London insurtech startup Flock has partnered with Skyports to cover the latter’s early-stage drone delivery services in the UK, Belgium, Sweden and Finland. Skyports, also based in the... Read more
Researchers at NUI Galway, Ireland, have completed the world’s first BVLOS delivery of prescription medication and blood samples for diabetes care. NUI Galway worked with partners incl... Read more
U2 frontman and philanthropist Bono has joined the board of medical drone delivery specialists Zipline. After becoming a global superstar with U2, Bono has spent the last twenty or so years... Read more
Drone delivery startup Flirtey has launched a new delivery drone, the Flirtey Eagle. The company has released footage of the drone performing automated defibrillator deliveries to homes. Re... Read more
Plenty of technology and logistics companies are working on projects that involve drones carrying out last-mile deliveries. Many others are exploring how eVTOL flight could change the way pe... Read more
Aerospace giant Bell has announced that the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT 70) has completed successful test flights. Bell’s APT 70 is part of a new electronic vertical take-off and lan... Read more
Japan’s relationship with drones has been mixed over the years – but as of 2022, the Japanese government announced, a streamlined registry system will open Japan’s city ski... Read more
Yesterday, Israeli-based drone delivery solutions firm Flytrex and North Carolina-based charter flight company Causey Aviation announced that they have received FAA Approval to begin food de... Read more
Drone delivery is a technology with far-reaching significance – not just because it has the potential to change the nature of residential delivery, but because it pushes so many bounda... Read more
UPS, the world’s single largest package delivery specialist, has announced the launch of a drone delivery subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward. The company has also confirmed a filing for Pa... Read more
There are a few companies with the resources and clout to make rapid advances in the drone industry – and Google spin-off Wing is one of them. Wing has announced that it is using the... Read more
Drone delivery has the potential to revolutionize the entire framework of retail sales – as well as medical and emergency services. The technology comes with some downsides, however:... Read more
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