Zipline has raised USD 1.5 billion in funding to expand its U.S. manufacturing facilities and its workforce as it builds a nationwide drone delivery network.
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UK drone mapping project to identify priority use cases following November workshops
The UK’s Transport Research and Innovation Board (TRIB) is holding a series of workshops this month as part of its drone mapping project, which examines
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Galaxy 1 and Viasat “validate Velaris satcom services for eVTOLs and autonomous delivery aircraft”
Galaxy 1 and Viasat report they have validated the operational and commercial capabilities of the Viasat satcom services platform to support production service delivery. The
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EASA’s Innovative Air Mobility Forum – seeking clarity but no radical change to U-space adoption
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) Forum, held on October 27-28, has addressed some of the key
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Windracers ULTRA flies BVLOS in Indiana’s new drone corridor
A Windracers ULTRA autonomous aircraft owned by Purdue University has completed a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight in the newly-created Indiana Drone Corridor
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Harmonized Skies 2026: Global technology, fragmented markets
By Koen De Vos, Secretary General of the Global UTM Association (GUTMA) Drone technology is becoming global. Market access remains stubbornly national. That tension was at
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Drone delivery service arrives at Chinese college campus
Students and staff at a college in Qingzhen City in China’s Guizhou province can now receive food deliveries by drone, Xinhua news agency reports. The service
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Netherlands issues tender for UTM drone flight planning tool
The Netherlands, through ATC-NL, is exploring the implementation of an UTM solution to support the safe and efficient handling of uncrewed aircraft operations in airspace
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Matternet and Swisslog to bring drone delivery services to US hospitals
Matternet has partnered with Swisslog Healthcare’s TransLogic to create an automated transportation network that combines the former’s drone operations with the latter’s pneumatic tube system
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FCC proposes spectrum changes for drone communications and counter-UAS detection
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider proposed rules to expand spectrum access for uncrewed aircraft communications, counter-drone detection and in-flight connectivity at its
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