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France Using Drones To Deliver Packages
DPDgroup, an international subsidiary of French national postal service Le Groupe La Poste, is conducting a trial in France in which certain packages, in certain areas are delivered via drone. The trial is being conducted in an area that is heavy with technology startup companies. The idea is to solve the “last mile” of delivery, which is often called the most expensive and time-consum...
Amazon Prime Air
If you follow the drone industry at all you know that Amazon, the online retailer, has been planning to use drones to deliver packages for some time now. But what most people don’t know is that this is already happening. In December of 2016, Amazon delivered their first package via Amazon Prime Air to a customer in rural England. Check out the behind-the-scenes look at that delivery and what...
Jeff Bezos Details Amazon’s Drone Delivery Plans
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of online retail giant Amazon.com, recently discussed his company’s plans for light package drone delivery in more detail. One important element that he mentioned was that customers would participate in the delivery process by printing symbols that the drone would recognize and use as a location beacon to land in the right yard. This, along with remote charging st...
Amazon Testing Delivery Drones In England
Because of regulations in the United States about drone flying being “line of sight” and under certain altitudes, Amazon has had to move to the English countryside to test their delivery drones. This testing is taking place in the tiny town of Worsted Lodge, England and is showing promise. And Amazon is not alone in testing drone technology in different corners of the world. In New Zea...
Drone Maker CyPhy Works Tests Drone Delivery
Drone maker, CyPhy Works is testing its drone delivery of medicine to a summer camp off the coast of Massachusetts. The delivery, done in conjunction with package carrier UPS, is an effort to dismiss safety concerns from government agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration. Current projections in the United States predict that the commercial drone industry could generate more than $82 bill...
Alphabet Looks To Build System For Drone Traffic
Alphabet, but parent company of Google, is looking to design and create an air traffic control system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) also know as drones. Unlike Amazon, who is focusing on efficient delivery of packages using drone technology, Alphabet is working to create a foundation for future unmanned air traffic in public airspace to follow. They are calling this “Project Wing̶...
Amazon Working with UK Government on Drone Delivery
For several years Amazon, one of the world’s largest online retailers, has been working on the idea of drone delivery for package shipment. And while most of this work has been done in secret in a remote part of Canada, Amazon has now taken one step closer to making this vision a reality by partnering with the British government supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), As the UK’s...