Cargo and logistics

German start-up Volocopter has partnered with logistics group DB Schenker to use its heavy-lift drones, in a project that will gather important practical experience before its air taxis enter service, reports finance.yahoo.com. Volocopter is one […]

Geely, China’s largest and bestselling private car-maker last year, now has its eyes on the sky rather than the road. The company’s creation, the X-Chimera 25, is a civilian electric heavy-lift drone that delivers packages and […]

Volansi an American drone company that offers a vertical take-off and landing drone delivery service for commercial and defence clients, announced today a USD50 million investment round, reports venturebeat.com. The company plans to use these […]

Zipline has partnered with Walmart for a new drone delivery operation in Northwest Arkansas starting early next year, reports theverge.com. The trials will begin near to Walmart’s HQ in Bentonville. The initiative is for on-demand […]

At last weekend’s opening of the fourth Shenzen International UAV Expo in Southern China, Shanghai-based Autoflight displayed its new V400 Xintianweng, an intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that lifts off and lands vertically, reports cntechpost.com. […]

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has successfully trialled various crucial aspects of its largest drone the Condor, says a company press release. The tests include work on its triple-redundant communications system (satellite, cellular, 900MHz RF), navigational […]

Pipistrel, the eVTOL company behind the Nuuva V300, is ready to accept orders on its “revolutionary long-range large-capacity heavy-weight autonomous eVTOL UAV for logistics and aerial cargo delivery,” says a company press release. The craft […]

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) announced this week the successful trial of its second cargo-drop drone route with DSV Canada, using DDC’s own delivery platform, reports a company press release. The aim of the rollout is […]

Cargo carrier giant, SF Express, has completed a successful trial flight of a large cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to the Xinhua news agency. Last week the bi-plane UAV took off from an airport […]