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Feb. 28, 2020 Photo by istock.com Drones are a welcome delivery approach for today’s consumers but there are challenges both on the regulatory and the geographic fronts, according to a study in INFORMS journal Transportation Science. While a drone approach allows e-tailers to reach smaller markets and more price sensitive …

Drone delivery company Manna plans to pilot its takeaway food delivery service on the campus of University College Dublin from the end of March. The fleet of drones will deliver food directly from the restaurant to the customer – staff and students on campus – transporting it inside the cargo …

While still at proof of concept stage, the work by the Cork-based team promises to revolutionise worldwide medical delivery systems. It offers the potential for a safer, faster and cheaper way of getting critical medicines from land to ferries, freighters, cruise ships and even oil rigs. The system also offers …

A low-density sprawl of 420,000 people that is known as “the bush capital”, Canberra would appear to be an unlikely digital transformation hub. But above its leafy boulevards, national institutions and mobs of kangaroos, a fleet of mini planes will soon be zipping around carrying painkillers, lattes, gelato and golf …

A drone-delivered pizza feels like a good idea. A drone-delivered vaccine—especially one gently dropped into a place that’s otherwise hard to get to—feels like a great one. And while it might take a while for these things to show up at your specific door, hops forward in the budding drone …

Blacksburg and Christiansburg residents will soon be the first in the U.S. to order drone deliveries to their homes, courtesy of Google sister company Wing. The details are yet to be announced, such as exactly where the drones will fly and what they’ll carry. But the company said Tuesday that …

A Wing remotely piloted aircraft with a delivery. (Wing) Drone delivery company Wing Aviation has won the right to operate as an airline in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced. Certification comes hot on the heels of it securing Australian approval for remotely operated commercial package …

Wing’s drone delivery service is one step closer to becoming a reality stateside, thanks to approval from federal regulators. The Alphabet X lab graduate announced this morning that it has been certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration as a small-sized air carrier, which will enable it to kick off …

Known as Project Wing, and operated by Google parent Alphabet, food, medicine and more will be delivered to suburbia in airborne style. Project Wing is an ongoing initiative which has been in operation for about 4 years. The suburban deliveries are tied to partnership agreements with local businesses and can …

Updated April 09, 2019 11:46:26 Photo: One of the drones participating in the fast food delivery trial in Canberra in March this year. (ABC News: Jake Evans) It’s official: Google will open its world-first drone delivery business in Canberra’s north, now that the aviation authority has given formal approval to …