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Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription-only medicines by drones. The company today revealed it completed a test flight that took the medicines from the British Army’s Baker Barracks on Thorney Island, near Portsmouth, to St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight. Boots …

When you’re the world’s largest retailer, customers expect a premium delivery experience — without paying a premium. But being the biggest seller on the planet also comes with a few perks.  Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has a war chest of institutional funding at its disposal, and its massive scale allows it …

Delivery of chemotherapy drugs via drone is to be tested out by the NHS in a bid to speed up the delivery of vital medicines. It is hoped that using drone technology will one day enable doctors to make “same-day delivery” orders for drugs and medical equipment from anywhere in the …

Kannapolis, NC — June 28, 2022 — North Carolina’s legacy of first in flight is now even richer. Three leading U.S. healthcare organizations—Novant Health, Magellan Rx Management, and Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH)—today began long-range drone deliveries in North Carolina. Powering this on-demand delivery system is Zipline, the global leader in …

On the Bid is a new Stockhead video series featuring a roundtable of experts discussing a new investment topic each week. In this edition, host Oriel Morrison discusses drone technology and the important role it will play in the future of security and commercial applications such as delivery services. The sector has …

Accra, Ghana / Weiterstadt, Germany, May 19, 2022 – German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter and Continental Drones Ltd., a subsidiary of Ghana- and Dubai-based Atlantic Trust Holding, have signed a partnership agreement to help establish drone-based delivery networks with thousands of Wingcopter drones across the African continent. These …

(MENAFN- America News Hour) Recent report published by research nester titled“Global Agricultural Autonomous Delivery Drones Market: Global Demand Analysis & Opportunity Outlook 2027” delivers detailed overview of the global Agricultural Autonomous Delivery Drones market in terms of market segmentation by autonomous mobility, by application, by drone camera and by regions. …

A drone from Walmart delivers a Covid self collection test kit to a home in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Drone delivery has finally arrived, at least on a small scale. Packages containing lightweight products, such as medicines and COVID tests, are being dropped off at some …

The term “first in the air” probably conjures memories of grainy black-and-white photos of the Wright Brothers and their wobbly but remarkable flights aboard a fragile, cloth winged aircraft over the sand dunes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks in the early 1900s. But now Utah health services giant Intermountain Healthcare …

FedEx founder Fred Smith to step down from CEO, says the company has ‘a rigorous succession plan.’ Elroy Air’s autonomous, electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone will take to the skies for testing in 2023 as part of a partnership with shipping giant FedEx.  WHO IS RAJ SUBRAMANIAM, FEDEX’S …