Tag Archives: Cargo

CATAWBA ISLAND ― Operation Lollipop Drop was a success. A drone carrying a box of Spangler Candy Dum-Dum lollipops took the first official flight across Lake Erie with cargo from Catawba Island to Put-in-Bay on Friday afternoon. “It was a perfect landing! We got it,” Cody Kowalski, a junior at …

China successfully conducted a flight test for a large twin-engine unmanned cargo drone developed by Sichuan Tengden Sci-tech Innovation Co. The new drone has a wingspan of 16.1 meters, height of 4.6 meters, cargo volume of 12 cubic meters, and a maximum payload capacity of 2 tonnes. The 20-minute flight …

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China flew its biggest-yet unmanned cargo aircraft designed for civilian use, as the world’s top drone-making nation steps up test flights of autonomous aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could ultimately ferry everything from takeouts to people. Packing a payload capacity of 2 metric tons, the twin-engine …

A rendering of the UH-72 Unmanned Logistics Connector drone helicopter during shipboard operations. Airbus Airbus announced today that its uncrewed UH-72 had been picked to take part in Phase I of the Marine Corps’ Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program. Three other companies are also on contract under this initial phase …

Reliable Robotics, a leader in aircraft automation systems, announced a significant milestone in its work to bring advanced safety-enhancing technologies to market in the United States. Last month’s successful flight of a Cessna 208B Caravan with no one on board was a first for aviation. A remote pilot supervised the …

Dronamics, the world’s first cargo drone airline and Aramex (DFM: ARMX) have announced a LOI (Letter of Intent) agreement for cargo drone flights leveraging Dronamics’ technology and Aramex’s fleet management capabilities. Dronamics, renowned for engineering and operating remotely-piloted cargo aircraft, will supply its innovative drone technology to Aramex to enable …

Riverside has announced a new partnership with DroneUp, Virginia Institute for Spaceflight & Autonomy (VISA) at Old Dominion University (ODU), the Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission, and the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) to begin delivering prescription medications to patients who live on the Eastern Shore and adjacent Tangier Island. In …

Nenana’s airport will be the site of a new 4,800-square-foot hangar for the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. The hangar will serve as a base for drone cargo test flights between Fairbanks and the small city 54 miles to the southwest. The University of Alaska Board of Regents …

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Volatus Aerospace Corp. (TSXV: VOL) (OTCQB: VLTTF) (“Volatus” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has been issued a Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) License for domestic service, all-cargo aircraft. This license builds on the existing capabilities authorized by CTA licenses held by Volatus subsidiaries Partner Jet Inc. …