This commentary was originally published in the September/Octoctober 2019 issue of the Vertical Flight Society’s Vertiflite magazine and is republished with permission. The Vertical Flight Society has been supporting the development of electric vertical take-off and landing […]
by Michael Willoughby Uber’s plans to launch a drone delivery service in San Diego this summer have been delayed after the company failed to get approval in time, reports the UK’s Daily Telegraph. The paper […]
by Michael Willoughby Canada Post, in partnership with London Drugs and InDro Robotics, successfully completed Canada’s first-ever beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight carrying pharmaceuticals via Drone from a London Drugs pharmacy to remote Salt Spring […]
The world’s first electric air taxi flight managed by a UTM system integrated with the country’s air traffic management (ATM) system, with multiple UTM service providers sharing flight tracking and communications data through a single […]
by Michael Willoughby Elroy Air, a startup specialising in heavy-lift cargo drones, has carried out a successful test flight, reports the Verge, a tech journal. On August 14, the San Francisco-based company sent a UAV […]
by Michael Willoughby The UK Government is to invest UKP300 million to develop cleaner, greener forms of transport it announced in a press release. The government will provide UKP125 million, which will be supported by […]
by Michael Willoughby Bell Textron has completed a successful, first autonomous flight of its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) 70 at a testing site near Fort Worth. The craft has a tail-sitting electric vertical take-off and […]
by Michael Willoughby A team in Iraq and Australia has developed a way to use drones to deliver a first aid kit 90 to 120 seconds faster than an ambulance, reports IEEE Spectrum. The delivery […]
Avion Unmanned, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Avion Solutions, has been awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Virginia allowing it to provide services to state and local government agencies in all 50 […]
Old Mutual iWYZE plans to be the first South African insurer to use drones, according to South African news site, BusinessTech. The development follows a two-year planning and pre-registration process “during which company says it has […]
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