Drone services company DroneUp has been approved for an industry-first FAA Waiver for flight over people and moving vehicles to support drone delivery of COVID-19 test kits anywhere in the U.S. Scaling drone delivery throughout the country will require flight over people and moving vehicles, something that U.S. drone regulations currently prohibit without a waiver. Now, … [Read more...] about DroneUp’s Waiver for Flight Over People is a Major Step for Drone Delivery
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NATO’s Autonomous Drone Delivery Experiment Works
DroneUp and NATO Allied Command Transformation performed an experiment to prove a new and innovative way of resupplying soldiers on the battlefield. The experiment proved that autonomous drone delivery works. "DroneUp recently partnered with North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Command Transformation, Joint Force Development Directorate, Operational Experimentation … [Read more...] about NATO’s Autonomous Drone Delivery Experiment Works
Drone Delivery of COVID-19 Test Kits: DroneUp, Walmart and Quest Pilot Project in Vegas
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
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
