Drones

Amazon Prime Air is now conducting drone deliveries in the United Kingdom, the first such operation outside the U.S.

The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed, then reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport due after drone incursions Tuesday evening.

Wing delivery drones will soon collect orders from Serve Robotics’ autonomous sidewalk robots, forming an autonomous, multimodal delivery network.

California-based A2Z Drone Delivery has launched a suite of autonomous drone docks — portable or permanent sites where drones charge and pick up or drop off packages, with no human interaction.

Dennis Winn of Clermont, Florida, was arrested on multiple charges, including a felony charge, of shooting a Walmart delivery drone.

Drones offer various inventory management solutions, including audits, cycle counting and stock taking.

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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.

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

A new service by the U.K.’s Royal Mail is slated to become the country’s first permanent drone delivery operation.

The Swiss company’s precision dropping system autonomously releases cargo from a few feet in the air when the drone has reached its destination.

ASL Aviation has several airlines that support express delivery companies and e-commerce retailers. It plans to serve them with drone delivery too.

The Mountain View, California-based drone delivery firm announced an array of new software and hardware updates.

Outlining the next phase of its development, Wing revealed its new approach to fully autonomous urban drone delivery networks.

Amazon may face an Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit in the coming months, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Just as Amazon Prime Air drone delivery was beginning to gain momentum, the service was hit with another setback.

Having obtained a milestone Standard Part 135 Air Carrier Certification, Flytrex is ready for takeoff.

Cargo drone manufacturer and delivery provider Elroy Air hit a new high after signing a deal with Dublin-based LCI.

See how Walmart — quickly becoming one of the biggest names in drone delivery — and its network fared in 2022.

Making money was more difficult for the air logistics sector in 2022, but the future remains bright.