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Israeli startup FlyTech will launch its gliders in the country’s two-year autonomous drone delivery initiative, a press release announced on Monday.  The drones will act as unmanned delivery vehicles that will fly over Hadera and Haifa, just as they did in a trial last month, in Israel’s large-scale project to …

SEOUL, South Korea: A new drone delivery service in Ireland, run by Samsung Electronics, promises to deliver digital devices within minutes of their being ordered. Samsung officials said that it began operating drones last week in Oranmore, west of Dublin, in partnership with Manna Drone Delivery. Initially, drones will fly …

Amazon said Monday that they will be allowed to use drones to test commercial deliveries. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Amazon Prime Air to test commercial deliveries using drones, Amazon and the FAA told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Amazon Prime Air delivers packages in a half hour or …

Launch Pad for Drones at Wake Forest Baptist Wake Forest Baptist Health Wake Forest Baptist Health has begun drone deliveries of medicines and blood. As soon as a patient checks in at a Wake Forest Baptist Health infusion clinic, their specific medicine is created at the hospital and flown over …

Vodafone UK said it has partnered with Skyports and Deloitte to transport medical supplies for NHS Scotland using drones. The drone flights will be live later in 2020 and will use Vodafone’s 4G network and Skyports’ space-based technology.  The newly announced project will support the NHS response to Covid-19, with …

This week, we talked to people trying to help stem the hurt of the Covid-19 pandemic—with mixed success. One company, Zipline, is using drones to help deliver virus testing supplies and personal protective equipment in Ghana. It has accelerated efforts to bring the approach to the US, though don’t expect …

In the era of e-commerce, it takes a single click to order anything you’d like. But it takes a lot of energy to bring it to your door. Items are shipped from factories, shuttled between warehouses and finally trucked to your home. This convenience comes at an environmental cost — …

By Sloane Heffernan, WRAL anchor/reporter Cary, N.C. — For the first time ever, a drone has delivered prescription drugs to someone’s home. UPS and CVS teamed up to carry out the feat in Cary last Friday. “This could be a life-changing event, especially for the elderly or sick people who …

More than five years ago, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes and showed viewers the future. In a video clip, Bezos unveiled an Amazon delivery drone, saying the machine could carry packages of up to 5 pounds and travel up to 10 miles. The Amazon chief said …

In other news, tech pundits and publications have been focusing heavily on the impending rollout of drone deliveries in Eastern Helsinki. The drones, which are operated by Google’s parent company, will be delivering upscale groceries and takeout food in the Vuosaari area of the city, one of the first such rollouts of …