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Watch Video: The Zipline “Game-Changer!”

Chris Stonor23 March 2023

evtolinsights.com published a story this week about drone delivery company, Zipline (wait for the overused phrase) “game-changing” new technologies (note the plural). Anyone who has followed the ultimate “drones for good” company, knows how ahead it...

Zipline Unveils NextGen Autonomous Drone Platform, “Very Quiet, Very Precise”

Chris Stonor22 March 2023

Zipline has unveiled its NextGen Autonomous Drone Platform that, the company claims, “provides quiet, fast and precise delivery directly to homes in cities and suburbs.” Zipline also says the platform “is practically silent (designed to sound like w...

Wingcopter And ZAL Collaborate On “Hydrogen-Powered Delivery Drones”

Chris Stonor17 March 2023

German-based Wingcopter and The ZAL Centre of Applied Aeronautical Research announced this week a collaboration to explore and develop hydrogen-powered delivery drones, reports a press release. The release explains, “By refitting the battery-powe...

Wing Drone Delivery: “Capable Of Handling Tens Of Millions Of Deliveries For Millions Of Consumers” By Mid 2024

Chris Stonor13 March 2023

Wing drone delivery is adding complex route management and self-loading capability for its drone delivery fleet that will make it "capable of handling tens of millions of deliveries for millions of consumers by mid 2024", says CEO Adam Woodwort...

Skyports collaborates with South Korean drone company, Marine Drone Tech, primary focus on Maritime Services

Chris Stonor3 March 2023

Skyports announced at the recent Busan Drone Event, a collaboration with South Korean drone company, Marine Drone Tech (MDT), reports a press release. Named Skyports Drone Services Korea, this partnership is to deliver bespoke drone solutions. Local...

South Korea: Busan hosts Asia’s Largest Drone Show

Chris Stonor24 February 2023

South Korea has shown once again it leads the Asian drone market by holding the largest show of its type in the region between February 23rd and 25th, reports xinhuanet.com. Drone Show Korea 2023, is presently taking place at the Busan Exhib...

Blueflite Secures Sales Option of 40 Medical Delivery Drones From Spright

Chris Stonor23 February 2023

Blueflite announced this week a sales option from Spright, a leading U.S drone services provider, of 40 of its medical delivery drones, reports a press release. An initial four craft will be delivered over the coming months. Spright aims to integ...

Netherlands: LVNL, ANWB and KPN to launch drone flights “via digital highway in the sky”

Chris Stonor22 February 2023

Dutch Air Traffic Control LVNL, Dutch Automobile Association ANWB, and Landline and Mobile Telecommunications company KPN, have joined forces to work towards a common goal – to enable drones and manned aircraft to fly safely through the skies, repor...

Dronamics Raises USD40 million in Pre-Series A Funding For Europe’s First Middle-Mile Drone Delivery

Chris Stonor22 February 2023

Dronamics, “the world’s first cargo drone with a licence to operate in Europe," recently announced it had raised USD40 million in pre-Series A funding from venture capital funds and angel investors across 12 countries, as the company approaches its ...

Spain: Telefónica accomplishes 5G communication between drones and Smart City

Chris Stonor16 February 2023

Telefónica announced today it has accomplished a first use case in Spain, based on 5G-connection for a successful drone delivery of a package, reports a press release. The main objective was to evaluate how a 5G network “can facilitate the developme...

New Zealand: Swoop Aero receives BVLOS approval for medical drone delivery

Chris Stonor15 February 2023

Australia-based Swoop Aero recently announced it has obtained approval to operate beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) in New Zealand, as it prepares to launch the country’s first Integrated drone logistics network in partnership with Te Whatu Ora He...

India: Drone startup Garuda Aerospace raises USD22M in Series A Funding Round

Chris Stonor15 February 2023

India-based drone startup, Garuda Aerospace, recently raised USD22 million in a Series A Funding Round led by venture capital firm SphitiCap, reports a press release. The company has invested USD12 million with the rest coming from a variety of glob...

Flight Crowd Named As a Recipient of UK “Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund”

Chris Stonor2 February 2023

Flight Crowd announced this week, it has been chosen as a recipient of the "Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund”, organised by the Department for Transport (DfT) and UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), reports a press release. The purpose of the Challen...

America: Walmart to Ramp Up Drone Delivery By Using Multiple 5G Carriers

Chris Stonor2 February 2023

The major U.S retailer, Walmart, says it is looking to ramp up its drone delivery service during 2023 by using multiple 5G carriers, reports dronexl.com, after successfully completing more than 6,000 deliveries last year. At present, Walmart is c...

Sweden: Everdrone Extends Project of Life-Saving Delivery of Defibrillators For Cardiac Victims

Chris Stonor31 January 2023

Recently, Sweden-Based Everdrone was given the go-ahead by officials from the region of Västra Götaland to extend its “First on Scene Solutions” to rapidly deliver life-saving Automated External Defibrillators (AED) for cardiac victims, reports a pr...

Blueflite Drone Delivery: “Ask-Me-Anything” Session Friday, January 27th

Chris Stonor26 January 2023

U.S-based Blueflite Drone Delivery, founded in 2018, is holding a virtual “Ask-Me-Anything” (AMA) session this Friday, January 27th at 10 am (EST), reports a press release. The public is encouraged to jump online and ask questions to Blueflite’s co-...

MightyFly Unveils Second-Gen Cargo Drone, up to 600 Miles of Same-Day, Door-to-Door Delivery

Chris Stonor24 January 2023

MightyFly, a U.S based cargo drone delivery company founded in 2019, announced today it has received an FAA Certificate of Authorisation, reports a press release. This allows trialing of its long-range, last-mile and middle-mile cargo drone. This...

McKinsey Report: “Big Gun Researchers” Cover Drone Transportation and its “Disrupting Importance” for Last Mile Delivery

Chris Stonor13 January 2023

The highly-respected research company, McKinsey, asked four of its top air mobility analysts, led by Robin Riedel, Head of the Disruptive Aerospace sector, to analyse the future of drone delivery and its importance for last mile delivery. The result...

Drone Delivery Canada “Care by Air Project” Collaboration with DSV and Halton Healthcare Begins Commercial Operations

Chris Stonor11 January 2023

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that its six-month “Care by Air Project” trial, in collaboration with DSV and Halton Healthcare, has now commercially started, reports stattimes.com. First revealed last November, DDC is using its Sparrow dr...

FAA grants initial approval to allow BVLOS flights on North Dakota drone system

Jason Pritchard10 January 2023

Drone company uAvionix has received approval by the FAA to conduct beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone flights in North Dakota. Leveraging Vantis, the US state's first-of-its-kind UAS network, uAvionix demonstrated to the FAA that it establ...

CES Comes to Las Vegas in 2023, Unrestricted by Covid

Chris Stonor6 January 2023

As each New Year emerges, so the longest running global tech-related event arrives, usually in the first week of January, and usually held in the Las Vegas Convention Centre in Winchester, USA. If you represent a company on the cutting-edge of techn...

Amazon Promised Drone Delivery Trials in 2022 – Achieved with Just a Few Weeks to Go

Chris Stonor3 January 2023

Ever since Amazon first announced the concept of drone delivery back in 2013, company promises have been consistently broken, where “Cry Wolf” is a regular theme. For example, in 2019 Amazon even stated it would begin drone deliveries “within months...

Walmart launches drone delivery in Arizona, Florida, Texas with DroneUp – plans to transport 1 million packages per year

eVTOL Insights Editorial21 December 2022

Walmart announced last week its collaboration with DroneUp drone delivery service has expanded further in to the U.S States of Arizona, Florida and Texas, reports a press release. The launch in these three new States fits into the retailer's wider p...

Zipline and Government of Rwanda announce new partnership to serve entire country with drone delivery services

eVTOL Insights Editorial20 December 2022

Zipline, the leading global drone delivery company, announced last week a new partnership with the Rwanda Government that aims to complete nearly 2 million instant deliveries and fly more than 200 million autonomous kilometres in the country by 2029...