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Satellite Firm Develops Long-Distance System for Delivery Drones
(Chip Chipman/Bloomberg News)
Inmarsat Group Holdings Ltd. says it has found a way to safely fly civil drones over long distances, a step that may help pave the way for mass adoption by industries from transportation to energy and infrastructure.
June 11, 2020Zipline Medical Drones Begin Flying in the US
A drone launches from Zipline's California test facility. (Roksenhorn/Creative Commons)
On May 22, before Memorial Day, a six-foot long, red-and-white drone took off from a field in Kannapolis, N.C., flew 15 miles west over suburban Charlotte to Novant Health’s Huntersville Medical Center, and dropped a box of protective masks in a designated spot next to the parking lot.
May 27, 2020UPS to Fly Medications by Drone to Florida Retirement Community
Andreas Raptopoulos, CEO of UPS partner Matternet, walks next to an operator carrying a drone used for medical specimens delivery in North Carolina in March 2019. (Jonathan Drew/Associated Press)
UPS Inc. will use drones to fill prescriptions for residents of The Villages in Florida, one of the country’s biggest retirement communities, amid a lockdown to halt the coronavirus.
April 27, 2020Alphabet’s Drone Delivery Service in Virginia Sees Surge During Pandemic
An Alphabet Wing drone delivers a package at home during a demonstration in Blacksburg, Va., in 2018. (Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg News)
Alphabet Inc.’s Wing unit is seeing a dramatic increase in the number of customers using its drone delivery service in rural Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 8, 2020Drones Need Tracking Network for Expanded Flights, FAA Says
An Amazon drone. (Amazon.com)
All but the smallest civilian drones would have to broadcast radio tracking data to ensure greater safety and prevent terrorism under a sweeping proposal unveiled by U.S. regulators Dec. 26.
December 27, 2019Drones That Do the Work of 500 Farmers Transform Palm Oil
Plantation workers operates drones for plantation mapping and monitoring in Genting Tanah Merah Estate, owned by Genting Plantations Bhd., in Johore, Malaysia. (Joshua Paul/Bloomberg News)
As haze blanketed large tracts of Southeast Asia last month, office workers with Genting Plantations Bhd. in Jakarta were investigating the source of the choking smoke more than a thousand kilometers away.
November 19, 2019Microsoft Wants to Teach Drones, Robots, Drills How to Think
Microsoft logo. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg News)
Microsoft Corp. and technology rivals spend a lot of time talking about machine learning. Now Microsoft is talking about something called machine teaching.
November 4, 2019FedEx Completes First Commercial Drone Delivery
The drone makes its delivery. (FedEx Corp.)
FedEx officials said the company’s test drone program completed the first U.S. residential delivery of commercial goods, a scheduled trip to a home in Christiansburg, Va., on Oct. 18.
October 21, 2019Alphabet Unveils App to Provide Air-Traffic Control for Drones
Project Wing conducts example flights of its drone delivery system. (Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg News)
The company that brought you free digital maps and e-mail wants to do the same thing for your drone.
July 16, 2019Drone Delivery Canada Joins Forces With Air Canada Cargo
A Drone Delivery Canada test flight. (Drone Delivery Canada via YouTube)
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has entered into an agreement with Air Canada Cargo to market and sell DDC’s drone delivery services in Canada, using Air Canada Cargo’s marketing and sales platforms and resources, according to a news release.
June 10, 2019