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Reliable Robotics successfully tested its autopilot system with no one on board the Cessna cargo plane.

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Reelables says technology will eliminate the need for manual label scanning across the supply chain.

Uber’s new feature allows shoppers to arrange for drivers to pick up purchased items and deliver them to a residence.

CloudTrucks CEO Tobenna Arodiogbu has announced that his company is exiting the factoring business and will be transitioning its current customers to RTS Financial in the coming weeks to focus on its core business offerings, Virtual Carrier and Flex.

The flight follows Zipline’s FAA approval to remove visual observers from its drone delivery operations, opening up longer routes and becoming accessible to more customers.

Drone manufacturer Elroy Air names its new aircraft a turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft — hVTOL for short — and claims it’s the first of its kind to fly.

DHL Express has doubled the size of its Asia air hub in Hong Kong.

Workhorse Group made progress toward scaling its electric truck business, but being shut out of California incentives dented revenue.

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More than a dozen logistics firms have been recognized among North America’s fastest-growing companies.

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The Utah Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division released a report on how drones, electric air taxis and other new aircraft may fit into the state’s skies.

Online sales are expected to grow between 7% and 9% over 2022 levels, the National Retail Federation says.

Zipline is growing its presence in the medical space, enabling patients to get their prescriptions delivered by drone.

Last-mile delivery is complicated. Technology can make it more efficient, but the key is successfully integrating multiple systems.

Flexport’s acquisition comes weeks after the venture-funded trucking startup closed down. Convoy has some 400,000 truck drivers in its network.

A source wonders if UPS’ new offering is a reconstituted version of an earlier stab at quick delivery.

UPS said it hopes to scale service to as many locations as possible by year’s end.

Electric vehicle manufacturing efforts have been marching south. In fact, EV manufacturing investments in the Southeast alone reached $54.6 billion in 2022 –– a 128% year-over-year increase, according to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.