Cargo and logistics

Merlin awarded Part 135 Organisational Certification for air freight operations in New Zealand

February 21, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

Merlin, a developer of autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced it received a Part 135 Air Operators Certificate to support future operational freight routes in New Zealand. “Upon the Merlin Pilot’s completed product […]

Wisk and the City of Sugar Land, Texas, partner to bring autonomous air taxis to the Greater Houston Region

February 21, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

Wisk Aero, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, and the City of Sugar Land, Texas, have entered into a partnership to bring autonomous Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) to the Greater Houston region. “Under this new […]

Pyka delivers first of three large-scale autonomous electric cargo aircraft to AFWERX

February 15, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

Flight operations personnel from Pyka and AFWERX gathered on the tarmac at New Braunfels National Airport to witness the arrival of Pyka’s Pelican Cargo, a large-scale autonomous electric cargo aircraft with a 400 pound payload […]

Rotor gives first public display of its autonomous R550X prototype helicopter

January 31, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Rotor hosted guest of honour New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu in the first live flight test of its autonomous helicopters on January 30. According to a company press release: “The company-hosted event, which also included […]

Reliable Robotics awarded US military airworthiness approval for remotely piloted Cessna Caravan

January 30, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Reliable Robotics today announced that it has received military airworthiness approval to begin flight testing and operational missions of its remotely piloted Cessna 208 Caravan for the U.S. Air Force. “This approval signifies a deeper […]

MightyFly unveils its third generation aircraft to unlock efficiencies for same-day deliveries

January 30, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

MightyFly unveiled yesterday the third generation of the Cento aircraft, an autonomous hybrid eVTOL cargo aircraft designed to carry one hundred pounds of cargo for six hundred miles. MightyFly also announced that the 2024 Cento […]

Wing adds new, larger cargo drone to its delivery fleet

January 17, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Wing has announced the launch of a larger cargo aircraft. According to a blog from CEO Adam Woodworth:: “Today we offer the ability for customers to fulfill larger orders, beyond what fits on one aircraft. […]

Odys Aviation and Aramex announce partnership to develop cargo operations in the United Arab Emirates and Oman

January 10, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

Odys Aviation, a company building hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and Aramex, a company providing delivery and logistics services to the Middle East and other emerging economies, today announced a partnership to develop […]

Overair completes assembly and begins testing of first full-scale Butterfly prototype

December 19, 2023 Greg Suart Comments Off

Overair today announced it has completed assembly of the first full-scale prototype of its Butterfly eVTOL aircraft. The company says this marks a pivotal milestone for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) following the validation of […]

LYTE and Kookiejar partner to develop heavy payload eVTOL delivery operations

December 19, 2023 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

LYTE, developer of the 40 seater eVTOL SkyBus and cargo eVTOL SkyTruck and vertiport company Kookiejar have announced a new partnership to pioneer heavy payload drone delivery operations. “Inspired by the Swedish IKEA Concept, Kookiejar’s […]