Mexico leads the way as first ICAO member with largest fleet of NavAidDrone
Colibrex, via the LS telcom AG subsidiary LS telcom Ltd. Canada, and Telnorm Air as local service partner in Mexico, has successfully completed the project, won last year, for the delivery of measurement drones to SENEAM, the Mexican Air Navigation Service Provider. With 11 NavAidDrone systems, this project is unique in its scope and marks […]
Drone specialists from across UK learn at collaboration event
A future innovation campus site was the focus of the UK drone community for an event looking at how cutting edge technology can be used across a range of industries. Sellafield Ltd’s Engineering Centre of Excellence at Cleator Moor, Cumbria, hosted a national COMIT2drones (C2D), event earlier this month when representatives from a range of […]
Drones: The end of Britain’s silent killer
Robert Garbett, founder of Drone Major Group, has called on the UK government to support the World Health Organisation’s plea for Britain to “rise up and act to protect the health of our most vulnerable people” by confronting the global threat of air pollution, which “is killing 7 million people per year and shaving over two […]
White House explores adoption of eVTOL and drones
The White House has held a summit on advanced air mobility, including drones and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The summit examined “the future of aviation in America and the regulatory strategy towards responsible and equitable adoption of these technologies.” Specific topics at the summit included exploring the benefit of Uncrewed Aerial Systems […]
Drones: The next transport revolution
The future of transportation technology lies in drones. At least, that’s what aviation technology company Altitude Angel believes, as they look towards the development and construction of the 165-mile long superhighway for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), called ‘Project Skyway’. The government-backed project is seeking to transform the way that cargo and, eventually one day, people […]
Zeitfracht buys Wingcopter drones for logistics
German logistics and aviation holding Zeitfracht Group and its subsidiary German Airways will be among the first companies worldwide to commercially deploy drones in logistics. In a joint letter of intent with the German manufacturer Wingcopter, the companies have agreed to purchase 17 Wingcopter 198 delivery drones and acquire options to order an additional 115 […]
Air Methods launches Spright drone solution
Air Methods announced today the launch of Spright, a newly formed drone solution designed to help improve healthcare access and minimise supply challenges. Collaborating with Wingcopter, a German drone manufacturer, Spright is creating a drone-based, healthcare-specific delivery network across the United States. As a result of the nation’s efforts to keep healthcare costs down, Americans […]
DRONAMICS partners with Hellmann
DRONAMICS has announced Hellmann Worldwide Logistics as the first of several key strategic partners to commercialise and pilot its drone delivery service worldwide. The partnership agreement with Hellmann aims to develop a joint pan-European delivery service using the Black Swan cargo drones for specific use cases for Hellmann’s customers. “Partnering with DRONAMICS allows us to provide […]
DB Schenker invests in Volocopter
Together, the urban air mobility pioneer Volocopter and global logistics service provider DB Schenker are developing solutions for the fast and emission-free transport of goods. Today, Volocopter’s heavy-lift drone was presented to German federal politicians for the first time. At the National Aviation Conference at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, numerous politicians and representatives from the aviation […]
DRONAMICS appoints Morris as CPO
DRONAMICS has announced the appointment of Roger Morris as chief product officer (CPO), a new senior management team position, responsible for all customer and product activities across the business. Roger has a good reputation in the delivery industry, having filled a variety of senior roles in Royal Mail Parcels and DHL Express, with extensive customer […]
Kenya Airways and Skyports to launch drone delivery service in Kenya
Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skyports to collaborate on launching permanent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations in the country. This collaboration brings together Kenya Airways’ significant expertise in aviation services and Skyports’ drone delivery logistics service, Delivery by Skyports. In the coming three months, the partnership aims […]
Stopping traffic
In 2020, the German air navigation service provider DFS logged fewer reports of interference caused by drones at airports in Germany than in previous years. More than half of these occurrences, however, led to traffic disruptions. In total, 92 drone-related occurrences were reported in German airspace in 2020, which was lower than in previous years. […]
The future of freight
Flylogix and the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC) have announced the success of their UAV flight between Land’s End Airport in Cornwall and St Mary’s Airport on the Isles of Scilly, which was completed on 10th December. The flight carried a NHS supply box outbound and local produce on the return and was the […]
NAV Canada signs strategic agreement with Unifly
NAV Canada has entered into an agreement with Unifly in a deployment of a national system that provides digital services for safely flying drones in Canadian airspace. The system has an intuitive user interface and will enable Canadian drone pilots to access web and mobile applications to identify safe and legal airspace, plan flights, manage […]
IAG Cargo flies drones in the warehouse
IAG Cargo has successfully trialled autonomous drone technology within its warehouse facility in Madrid to automate freight checks. Conducted using technology developed by drone software start-up FlytBase, the trials came after IAG Cargo found it was spending an average of 6,500 hours each year recording barcodes and location data of freight across individual warehouses. With […]
DHL Parcelcopter delivers medicine to rural Africa
DHL and partners have carried out 2,200 kilometres of drone flights to deliver medicine to an island in Lake Victoria. The Parcelcopter 4.0 completed the 60 kilometre flight from the mainland in an average of 40 minutes, with 2,000 flight minutes recorded during the pilot project. The three experts in their respective fields were DHL, […]
Warehouse inventory using drones
After almost two years of development, the completely automatic warehouse inventory solution using drones, perfected by Geodis and Delta Drone, will be operational at the end of 2018. More than 1,000 flight hours in prototype mode across three pilot warehouses were required to arrive at this unique solution, which allows companies to perform completely automatic […]
TIACA ES: Astral to start testing the Flyox drone
African carrier Astral Aviation is to start testing its two-tonne Flyox drone in Malawi next month as it looks to start operating regular flights, writes Justin Burns. Speaking at The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Summit in Miami in the ‘Unmanned aircraft and new airline technology’ session on 19 October, chief executive officer, Sanjeev […]
European Commission pushes for rules on using drones
The European Commission is making a fresh push to speed up the implementation of European Union (EU) wide rules for the use of drones. It says there were more than 1,200 safety occurrences including near misses between drones and aircrafts reported in Europe in 2016, underlying the need for a modern and flexible EU regulatory […]
New drone platform developed to connect the industry
The Drone Major Group has been launched – the first global connectivity platform for the rapidly growing drone industry. The new company is a group of companies bringing together a number of complementary businesses and will provide an integrated suite of products and services. Central to the business will be the launch of a new portal – Drone Major, […]
Air Cargo Africa 2017: Drones to be part of life
The potential of other transport methods including drones, UAVs and airships in Africa provided an interesting discussion to end the Air Cargo Africa conference and exhibition. The panel discussion, ‘Innovations in cargo delivery: from drones to UAVs to airships’ was moderated by BeCon Projects chief executive officer (CEO), Uwe Beck, who was joined by Astral […]
UPS tests drone from the top of a package car
UPS has tested a drone that launches from the top of a package car, which autonomously delivers a package to a home and returns to the vehicle while the delivery driver continues along the route to make a separate delivery. The integrator conducted the test on Monday in Florida with Workhorse Group, an Ohio-based battery-electric truck and […]
Amazon carries out first UK Prime Air drone delivery
Amazon has made its first successful Prime Air drone delivery service to homes in Cambridge – in the UK. The trial is only open to two customers in UK who have huge gardens, live close to an Amazon depot and want items that weigh less than 2.6 kilogrammes, but the online retail giant says it hopes to […]
VIDEO: Zipline starts drone deliveries for blood transfusions in Rwanda
Zipline operated drones have started making emergency deliveries of blood to transfusing facilities in Rwanda as part of an international partnership between UPS, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Zipline. The Rwandan government will start using drones to make up to 150 on-demand, emergency deliveries a day to 21 facilities in the Western half of the […]
UPS tests drones for use in remote locations
UPS has begun testing the use of drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote or difficult-to-access locations – working with drone-maker CyPhy Works. Testing began last Thursday when 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. […]
Matternet partners with Mercedes-Benz Vans for drone deliveries
Drone logistics developer, Matternet has started a strategic partnership with Mercedes-Benz Vans to create delivery systems, which it says will transform how people receive lightweight goods on demand. It says autonomous drone deliveries have the potential to be vastly more efficient, faster and cheaper, while Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled the Vision Van, showcasing the end-to-end platform […]
New US drone regulation set to increase commercial market
Drone USA expects a new regulation – the small UAS Rule – passed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – will lead to growth in the commercial drone market. Drone USA is a developer and manufacturer of low altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)/ drones and related technologies and says after the regulation change, it projects growth for […]
Amazon to team up with UK Government to test drones
Online retail giant Amazon is teaming up with the UK Government to start testing flying drones – also known as unmanned aerial vehicles – to deliver small parcels. Amazon’s is stumping up the money for the programme, which will look at the best way to allow drones to fly safely in UK airspace. It says […]
Future of unmanned cargo aircraft debated in London
The future operation of unmanned cargo aircraft (UCA) was debated as delegates from the aerospace and logistics industry met to discuss the way forward. The initiative, organised by the National Aeronautical Centre, West Wales Airport, took place at the Lancaster Hotel in London, in the form of a roundtable discussion. It was a world first event […]
60 Seconds with Astral Aviation founder and chief executive officer, Sanjeev Gadhia
Justin Burns, ACW: How is business for Astral Aviation? Gadhia: We have experienced a 15 per cent decline in payloads in 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, which can be contributed to various reasons such as drop of oil, gas and mining commodities, which combined with a weak currency is affecting inbound volumes […]