Workhorse Group recently announced that they are performing drone delivery in Ohio, with cooperation of the FAA. It's not a project listed as part of the UAS Integration Pilot Program, designed to accommodate applications not allowed under current regulations. But citizens of Loveland, OH can now opt to have packages delivered by drone. How is this possible? "The unique, … [Read more...] about Is Drone Delivery Already Here? Why BVLOS Flight and Drone Delivery Don’t Have to Go Together
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The Unmanned Lifestyle: How Drones May Change the World
It's Day 2 of AUVSI's Xponential Conference in Denver, and at today's keynote address industry leaders went big: talking about questions of how drones may totally change the world as we know it. (For the better, mostly.) "The age of AI, digital connectivity, automation and intelligent machines has arrived. Even though the “Jetson lifestyle” isn’t upon us just yet, … [Read more...] about The Unmanned Lifestyle: How Drones May Change the World
UPS Drivers Say No to Drones
Package delivery giant UPS has put major resources behind the development of new technologies like drone delivery and driverless vehicles. But UPS drivers may not be as enthusiastic about the changes. The Teamsters, the labor union representing UPS drivers, has called for a prohibition against the use of drones or driverless vehicles in their negotiations with United … [Read more...] about UPS Drivers Say No to Drones
UPS Is Testing Residential Delivery via Drone & Trucks
UPS is not a company that plans to be left behind. With WalMart, Amazon, DHL and others all making forays into next gen package delivery systems using drones, UPS is looking to keep pace. UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced today that it has successfully tested a drone that launches from the top of a UPS® package car, autonomously delivers a package to a home and then returns to the … [Read more...] about UPS Is Testing Residential Delivery via Drone & Trucks
UPS and CyPhy Works Test Drone Delivery
Package delivery giant UPS announced today that it is testing drone delivery to remote locations with MA drone maker CyPhy Works. Thursday, the companies "staged a mock delivery of urgently needed medicine from Beverly, Mass. to Children’s Island, which is about three miles off the Atlantic coast," UPS and CyPhy Works announced in a statement. The UPS Strategic Enterprise … [Read more...] about UPS and CyPhy Works Test Drone Delivery
