Express delivery

Wing “focusing on community impact” – Terrance Bouldin-Johnson, Head of Australian Operations

By Michael Doran Following the launch in April 2019 of the first Australian commercial drone delivery service, Wing announced plans on 31 July to expand operations into one of the fastest growing communities in Australia, […]

Medical/pharmaceutical transport

Pierce-Redwing partnership targets BVLOS global medical deliveries

A partnership between Pierce Aerospace and Redwing Labs aims to expand BVLOS operations for commercial healthcare deliveries. The agreement combines Pierce’s drone remote identification capability with Redwing’s long-distance drone delivery services to provide a global […]

Express delivery

Bahamas drone delivery service starts with 50 mile test flight through controlled airspace

Volans-i, Inc., an on-demand drone delivery business based in San Francisco, CA, and Fli Drone, part of the Bahamas-based Hogfish Ventures group completed the first long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery in The Bahamas on June 18, 2019. The […]

New city projects

Jakarta megacity highlights how urban air mobility can impact the developing world

This article, by Pamir Sevincel[1] reflects an official collaboration between The Aviary Project, a London-based Urban Air Mobility community aiming to bring UAM to the UK by 2025 and Empasco, a non-profit organization that is working towards leveraging technology […]

UTM

“Urban air mobility will pose multiple U-Space challenges” – Third U-Space Demonstrator Network meeting

Early results from on-going European U-Space demonstrator programmes suggest that when considering the application of UAS traffic management systems to urban air mobility (UAM) applications there are fundamental challenges – which until now have not […]