drone technology

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) is advancing several programs for cargo drones, including plans to launch revenue-generating package deliveries this month from DSV Panalpina A/S's 1.1 million-square-foot import/export distribution center near Toronto. The Danish logistics provider's international...

The Federal Aviation Administration's drone remote identification rulemaking was years in the making, but the agency doesn't want to give industry and drone users extra time to comment on its proposal. The FAA issued its remote ID notice of proposed rulemaking in late December and gave the public...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced the latest federal guidance for automated vehicles aimed at integrating the technology into the nation's transportation system. AV 4.0 — Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies, a joint White House and U.S. Department of...

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Until the advent of drones, helicopters were the only option for aerial tasks that required remaining stationary in midair or called for low-flying flexibility not...

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday finally issued a proposed rule requiring nearly all unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operating in U.S. airspace to broadcast or transmit identification and location information while they are flying. The...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has again postponed publishing the much anticipated proposed rulemaking on remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) but hopes to do so before the end of the month. Friday, Dec. 20, was the most recently scheduled date of publication. Late that...

UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said Tuesday that its commercial drone unit had made its first revenue deliveries of prescription drugs from a CVS Corp. (NYSE: CVS) pharmacy in North Carolina to customers' residences. The first two deliveries occurred last Friday in Cary, North Carolina. The first flight...

Electric truck maker Workhorse Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) is selling its Surefly flying car project to aerospace and defense contractor Moog Inc. (NYSE: Moog.A) for $4 million and forming a joint venture with Moog to boost its truck-based drone delivery efforts. Workhorse had been trying to sell the...

UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said late on October 21 that it expanded its commercial drone operations to include deliveries for large healthcare providers, created an Internet-of-Things platform for time-critical healthcare shipments and broadened its e-commerce ties with digital shipping companies such as...

FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX) on Friday used an unmanned aerial vehicle instead of a truck for last-mile residential deliveries on behalf of pharmacy retailer Walgreens (NASDAQ: WBA). The Oct. 18 deliveries were made by Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, in Christianburg, Virginia,...

The rise of e-commerce and the evolution of consumer expectations has made the last-mile delivery segment a hotbed of innovation, with technology startups envisioning multiple modes of mobility to shorten delivery schedules and maximize delivery efficiency.  The drone delivery concept is gaining...

Drones carrying automated defibrillators arrived at least seven minutes ahead of paramedics responding to simulated cardiac arrest patients during a recent round of test flights in Canada. The flights took place on Sept. 21-22 in Renfrew County, Ontario. Operators flew drones from Indro Robotics...

UPS Inc (NYSE: UPS) plans to take full advantage of a sweeping new certification issued by federal regulators making it the first company with the ability to run drone services with no limit on size or scope of operations. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today (Oct. 1) announced that it...

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wants feedback from drone operators that could provide drone capability to the agency as it looks to advance its mail delivery fleet. In a request for information filed on September 23, USPS – an independent agency within the federal government that receives no...

AirMap, an airspace intelligence platform for the drone economy, has acquired Hangar Technology, an automated drone operations business.  The acquisition, announced on September 23, continues AirMap's strategy of extending airspace management solutions to the broader drone sector and expands...