Amazon Breaks Into Europe: First Prime Air Drone Deliveries Land in Italy
Amazon carried out its first drone deliveries in Europe today, in the town of San Salvo in Italy's Abruzzo region, alongside separate trials in the UK.
4 December 2024
Logistics & Regulation
The future of low-altitude airspace: autonomous drone delivery networks, urban logistics, and heavy-cargo drones. Comprehensive coverage of regulation, aviation law, CAAI and FAA approvals, beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights, national drone initiatives and the eVTOL air-taxi revolution.
Amazon Shuts Original Prime Air Site in Lockeford, Wins FAA Approval for Beyond-Line-of-Sight Flights
Amazon has ended drone delivery operations in Lockeford, California, one of Prime Air's first two launch sites, while securing FAA approval to fly beyond the operator's visual line of sight. The company has already opened a new site in Arizona that folds drones directly into an active logistics hub.
15 July 2024
וולמארט מכריזה על ההרחבה הגדולה בהיסטוריה של משלוחי רחפנים בארה״ב
וולמארט מרחיבה את רשת משלוחי הרחפנים שלה עם ארבעה שותפים, DroneUp, Zipline, Flytrex ו-Wing, במקום לבנות צי רחפנים משלה כמו אמזון.
9 January 2024
Manna Surpasses 100,000 Drone Deliveries in Ireland, Lands Coca-Cola Investment
Irish drone company Manna has crossed 100,000 aerial deliveries in Dublin, secured an investment from Coca-Cola HBC, and launched its first U.S. trial in Texas, all while benefiting from a unified European regulatory framework that enables faster scaling than in the United States.
15 October 2023
Zipline Unveils Next-Gen Delivery Drone: A Tiny Pod on a Tether Instead of Landing
Zipline has introduced Platform 2, a delivery system that pairs a high-hovering drone with a tiny autonomous pod that descends on a thin tether to the customer's doorstep, quiet enough to sound like rustling leaves.
15 March 2023
Amazon Ushers in New Era: First Commercial Drone Deliveries Arrive on Christmas Eve
Nearly a decade after first unveiling the vision, Amazon has completed its first real-world commercial drone deliveries, in two small market towns in California and Texas.
24 December 2022
וולמארט חוצה 6,000 משלוחי רחפנים בשנת הפעילות הראשונה
וולמארט חוצה את רף 6,000 משלוחי הרחפנים בשנת הפעילות הראשונה שלה, עם 36 מוקדים בשבע מדינות ותוכניות הרחבה שיביאו את הרשת לכיסוי של עד 4 מיליון בתי אב.
15 December 2022
זיפליין וטויוטה צוסהו משיקות ביפן רשת משלוחים רפואיים ברחפנים
חברת הרחפנים האמריקאית זיפליין נכנסת לשוק היפני בשיתוף ענקית הסחר טויוטה צוסהו, עם רשת משלוחי תרופות אוטומטית לאיי גוטו שבנגסאקי. זהו האתר הראשון של זיפליין בעולם שמופעל בפועל על ידי חברת שותפה ולא על ידה עצמה.
21 April 2022
EHang Completes Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Passenger Drone Flight in Estonia
Chinese UAM company EHang flew its autonomous EHang 216 aircraft beyond the operator's visual range, simulating a VIP transport route in Estonia. The flight is part of a broader European project aimed at paving the way for urban air mobility.
10 September 2021
Royal Mail Tests Drone Mail Delivery to Remote Orkney Islands
The UK postal service is running a two-week trial with a Windracers fixed-wing drone to link Kirkwall with the remote island of North Ronaldsay, replacing ferries and light aircraft that often get grounded in winter.
15 July 2021
Zipline Raises $250 Million at $2.75 Billion Valuation
Drone delivery company Zipline has raised $250 million at a $2.75 billion valuation, expanding from medical deliveries in Africa to customers like Walmart and Toyota in wealthy markets.
30 June 2021
Zipline Surpasses 2,500 COVID Samples Delivered by Drone in Ghana
Zipline's drone network in Ghana is moving COVID samples from 10 districts three times faster than ground transport, marking the shift of drone delivery from pilot project to national health infrastructure.
15 June 2021
