The current crisis is providing the opportunity for historic - potentially paradigm-shifting - new projects. Retail giant Walmart has announced another new drone delivery project: one that brings the capabilities of drone technology during a crisis right to people's doorstep. DroneUp, Quest Diagnostics, and Walmart have partnered on drone delivery of COVID-19 test kits in Las … [Read more...] about Drone Delivery of COVID-19 Test Kits: DroneUp, Walmart and Quest Pilot Project in Vegas
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The DroneUp Patent Shows Why Tom Walker Rules His Space
A DroneUp patent, published today, demonstrates just why the company is leading the pack of large service providers. Three years ago, Tom Walker and his partners had a great idea. What if there were an automated system that allowed a central agency like DroneUp to enter a job into a pilot network database; figure out which pilots were appropriate, available, and local; and … [Read more...] about The DroneUp Patent Shows Why Tom Walker Rules His Space
Last Mile Drone Delivery: Testing the Limits of Commercial Operations
Two months ago, in early April, a group of dedicated pilots gathered on a vacant college campus to test the boundaries of last mile drone delivery, operating under current Part 107 rules. Flying hundreds of flights over three days, the pilots worked to test every aspect of commercial package delivery by drone: operational capacities, airspace deconfliction, operator safety, … [Read more...] about Last Mile Drone Delivery: Testing the Limits of Commercial Operations
UPS Drone Delivery: DroneUp Flies to Prove the Case for Coronavirus Response
UPS drone delivery took another big step forward recently. UPS partnered with leading U.S. drone service providers DroneUp, UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and Workhorse Group to test drone delivery exhaustively - proving the case for drones to take a role in helping medical professionals respond to Covid-19. UPS … [Read more...] about UPS Drone Delivery: DroneUp Flies to Prove the Case for Coronavirus Response
It’s Time for Drones to be Part of the Conversation! Join Droneup’s Call for a Drone Emoji
It's time. Drones are part of industry, of enterprise businesses, government and military processes, and the everyday life of millions of hobbyists and photographers. But in this day and age, there's another real sign of mainstream acceptance - an emoji. Drone services firm DroneUp is leading the charge - sign the petition on change.org and help to bring the drone industry … [Read more...] about It’s Time for Drones to be Part of the Conversation! Join Droneup’s Call for a Drone Emoji
