By Michael Doran At the June 2019 Uber Elevate Summit in Washington, Melbourne was announced as the third city to join the Uber Air program
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Drone delivery services growing at extraordinary rate – new Unmanned Airspace survey
The drone delivery market has undergone a period of extraordinary growth over the last six months, with 45 countries now implementing or planning to implement
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Wing unveils plans for first-of-its-kind trial with FedEx and Walgreens
by Michael Willoughby This fall, Wing, FedEx Express, Walgreens, and local retailer Sugar Magnolia will launch a pilot program to make drone delivery available to
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Frisco, North Texas, to house test Uber verti-port
by Michael Willoughby Frisco Mayor, Jeff Cheney says Uber has chosen the North Texas city as the first test site for its verti-port, reports the
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NASA examines results of Reno, Corpus Christi urban UTM flight trials
Results from test flights of drones in the urban environments of Reno, Nevada and Corpus Christi, Texas, are being examined by NASA before being sent
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U-blox high precision positioning modules fitted in Quantum-System drones
by Michael Willoughby According to a u-blox press release, Quantum-Systems, a German company specialising in the development and production of electric VTOL (Vertical Take-off and
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Diabetes medication delivered by drone to Aran Islands
by Michael Willoughby In a world-first, diabetes medication has been delivered to the Aran Islands by a drone, Irish Health reports. “According to NUI Galway,
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Lift Aircraft reports progress on eVTOL testing
by Michael Willoughby Lift’s CEO says the company’s Hexa project is still on track to take on its first customers by the end of this
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Russian activist saves sensitive hard drive with drone just before police raid
by Michael Willoughby “A supporter of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny said Friday he used a drone to spirit off a sensitive computer hard drive
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DJI and Dubai police agree to partner on help for public safety pros.
by Michael Willoughby DJI, the manufacturer of civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, announced a Solution Development Partnership with Dubai Police to test and deploy
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Volocopter takes to the air in Stuttgart – VIDEO
by Michael Willoughby VoloCopter’s VoloCity took its first European urban flight on 9 September video released by the German company shows. The Stuttgart demonstration of
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Terra Drone UTM system supports downtown Tokyo drone test flight
Japan’s Terra Drone in collaboration with real estate company Mitsubishi Estate, has conducted a test flight in the city of Tokyo to showcase how drones
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