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UPS Purchase BETA Tech VTOL Aircraft Drone Delivery

UPS has announced that they plan to purchase electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft from BETA Technologies (BETA), expanding their air service to small and mid-size markets. “These aircraft will take off and land on-property at UPS facilities in a whisper-quiet fashion, reducing time-in-transit, vehicle emissions, and operating cost,” …

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Communications for Drone Delivery – DRONELIFE

image courtesy UPS For safety and drone traffic management, a robust communication system for drone delivery is a critical component that must be in place before delivery can be implemented at scale. Skyward, Verizon, UPS team up on communications system for drone delivery By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill The …

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Women and Drones Fox Piloting Innovation Award

Women and Drones CEO Sharon Rossmark created the Women and Drones Global Awards four years ago, in hopes that shining a spotlight on some of the exceptional women in the drone industry would inspire many more.  It’s been a great success: and as the drone industry grows and matures, diversity …

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Matternet and UPS Expand Hospital Delivery Network

Matternet’s M2 Drone System Enabling New U.S. Hospital Delivery Network at Wake Forest Baptist Health Matternet and UPS have expanded their ground-breaking hospital delivery network, adding North Carolina’s Wake Forest Baptist Health medical campus to their operations. Matternet’s M2 drone system is enabling the new hospital delivery network, in collaboration with …

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Medical Delivery Drones Carry Prescriptions to Florida Custo…

Source: UPS Medical delivery drones will carry prescriptions to the homes of CVS customer in a Florida retirement community as a new project by UPS Flight Forward takes off. This week, the carrier announced the project with the drug-store chain to deliver meds across The Villages, a Central Florida community …

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UPS Drone Delivery: DroneUp Flies to Prove the Case for Coro…

UPS drone delivery took another big step forward recently. UPS partnered with leading U.S. drone service providers DroneUp, UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and Workhorse Group to test drone delivery exhaustively – proving the case for drones to take a role in helping medical professionals respond to …

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