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Food deliveries by drone to start in Malaysia “by end of the month”

June 20, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Food deliveries by drone to start in Malaysia “by end of the month”

Drone deliveries of food to residents in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, are due to start by the end of June. According to New Straits Times newspaper reports: “It would take 12 minutes for the food to be […]

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Raytheon and AirMap to collaborate on integrating drones within national airspace system

June 19, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Raytheon and AirMap to collaborate on integrating drones within national airspace system

Raytheon Company has signed a strategic agreement with AirMap to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace system and unlock the positive economic and social benefits of […]

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Rakuten and Sieyu supermarket company to test drone deliveries in Japan in July

June 19, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Rakuten and Sieyu supermarket company to test drone deliveries in Japan in July

Retail Insight magazine reports that e-commerce company Rakuten has partnered with Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu to test drone delivery service, from 4 July, this year. “Seiyu LIVIN Yokosuka store in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, will […]

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Airbus, Groupe ADP and partners plan Paris urban air mobility service for 2024 Olympics

June 18, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Airbus, Groupe ADP and partners plan Paris urban air mobility service for 2024 Olympics

Airbus, Groupe ADP and the RATP Group, along with the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority (DGAC), have announced the launch of a feasibility study to demonstrate an urban system of vertical […]

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Airbus and Hauts-de-France region study drone delivery business opportunities

June 18, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Airbus and Hauts-de-France region study drone delivery business opportunities

Airbus and the Hauts-de-France region have today a framework agreement to assess the economic development potential of air deliveries on a regional scale.. The Hauts-de-France region, through Hauts-de-France Innovation Development (HDFID), and Airbus Defence and […]

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Zomato starts food delivery by drone in India

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Zomato starts food delivery by drone in India

Food delivery company Zomato reports it has successfully tested food delivery from a hybrid drone. We have been busy trying to build the tech to get your food to you in less than 15 minutes,” […]

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Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber to start delivering food by drone in San Diego

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber to start delivering food by drone in San Diego

Uber Eats will begin testing drone delivery of McDonald’s burgers in San Diego, executives announced at the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington, D.C. According to the company “Uber Air will be powered by Elevate Cloud […]

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Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Jaunt joins the list of Uber air taxi industry partnerships

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Jaunt joins the list of Uber air taxi industry partnerships

Uber has announced that Jaunt Air Mobility – a specialised developer of reduced rotor operating speed (ROSA) aircraft – will partner Uber to develop an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi, “Jaunt Air […]

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Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber’s air taxi interior design is revealed

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber’s air taxi interior design is revealed

At the 2019 Uber Elevate Summit the company exhibited its helicopter-like interior designs for its air taxis, designed by partner Safran Cabin. The interiors feature four passenger seats, with space for luggage behind the rear […]

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The Uber Air vision of urban air mobility faces multiple, complex regulatory challenges

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on The Uber Air vision of urban air mobility faces multiple, complex regulatory challenges

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes and Beth Stevenson On 10 June a helicopter crashed in flames onto the roof of an office building on Seventh Avenue in New York, killing the pilot Tim McCormack. It was another salient reminder, […]

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Fun fact.

In its final stage, BYD new factory in Zhengzhou will cover 50 square miles, which is larger than San Francisco's surface at 46.9 square miles.

Watch its sheer size.

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