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UPS Flight Forward Attains FAA’s First Full Approval For Drone Airline

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded UPS Flight Forward a Part 135 Standard certification on Friday. This first ever revenue-generating service demonstrated the business case for drone delivery of medical products and specimens. “UPS Flight Forward is benefitting from our knowledge as one of the world’s leading airlines. On The Horizon for UPS Flight ForwardUPS Flight Forward is forging paths to create innovative new services for customers. These include:Expansion of the UPS Fl

By | 2019-09-30T17:00:00+00:00 September 30th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

UPS Forms Subsidiary And Applies For FAA Certification To Operate Drone Delivery Unit

US 07/23/19Atlanta, GASubsidiary named UPS Flight Forward, Inc. UPS Flight Forward is positioned to be the one of the first fully-certified U.S. drone operations. UPS (NYSE:UPS) today said it has applied to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Part 135 certification to operate commercial drone flights in the UPS® network under a subsidiary business called UPS Flight Forward, Inc. When approved, this certification lays the foundation for drone flights beyond an operator’s visual lin

By | 2019-07-22T17:00:00+00:00 July 22nd, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

The UPS Foundation Supports Ghana’s Launch Of The World’s Largest Vaccine Drone Delivery Network

US 04/24/19Atlanta, GAWith support from The UPS Foundation, Gavi, and other partners, Zipline drones will serve up to 2,000 health facilities and 12 million people in Ghana. The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have announced support for the expansion of a medical drone network into Ghana. The UPS Foundation will provide $3 million, including $2.4 million in funding and UPS will provide $600,000 of in-kind shipping s

By | 2019-04-23T17:00:00+00:00 April 23rd, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

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Three experts in their respective fields are making it happen: DHL, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German drone manufacturer... Over a six-month period, they successfully tested the delivery of medicines using a drone to an island in Lake Victoria. During the trials, the autonomous DHL Parcelcopter 4.0 completed the 60 km flight from the mainland to the island in 40 minutes on average. Medical care for the roughly 400,000 residents of the Ukerewe island district of Lake Victoria, for instance, is severely limited. That makes it nearly impossible to provide emergency medication or to quickly refill cool chain commodities

By | 2018-10-03T17:00:00+00:00 October 3rd, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

Press Release

New to the series this year is the introduction of the Pro Class racing drone. New to the series this year is the introduction of the Pro Class racing drone. Measuring over 4 times larger than previous racing drones, the larger Pro Class drones will allow fans to follow the action better than ever before as they reach speeds over 100 MPH in just over one second. "To grow the sport of drone racing, the size of the racing drones themselves needed to become larger," said Brad Foxhoven, CEO and Founder of DR1 Racing. "This new addition to the Champions Series redefines the spo

By | 2018-10-01T17:00:00+00:00 October 1st, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

The UPS Foundation, American Red Cross And CyPhy Works Launch Disaster Relief Drone Pilot Program

UPS, the American Red Cross and CyPhy will deploy the drone and conduct a one-week, on-site test in an area badly affected by the flooding. “The measure of success for the American Red Cross on this pilot will be to prove that drones can help support, complement and accelerate the work already being done by our tremendous volunteers,” said Brad Kieserman, vice president, Disaster Services & Logistics, American Red Cross. “In collaboration with UPS and CyPhy Works, we are thrilled to be conductin

By | 2017-09-07T00:53:00+00:00 September 7th, 2017|companies|0 Comments

DHL is new worldwide title sponsor for the upcoming DR1 Drone Racing Series

This new racing championship is organized by DR1 Racing, the premiere drone racing organization that is bringing together top pilots and racing teams to compete at exhilarating locations throughout the world. DR1 presents the DHL Champions Series fueled by Mountain Dew - the ‘crown jewel’ in the drone racing circuitRace broadcasts via TV and online are expected to reach more than 300 million homes in over 100 countriesAlready a frontrunner in the use of drone technology for logistics, this sponsorship puts DHL in the lead as an exciting new sport is developedDHL, the world’s leading logistics provider, has signed on as the new title sponsor for a new racing series – DR1 presents the DHL Champions Ser

By | 2017-08-09T00:53:00+00:00 August 9th, 2017|companies|0 Comments

UPS Tests Residential Delivery Via Drone Launched From atop Package Car

Workhorse built the drone and the electric UPS package car used in the test. “Imagine a triangular delivery route where the stops are miles apart by road. Sending a drone from a package car to make just one of those deliveries can reduce costly miles driven. It is a high-efficiency, octocopter delivery drone that is fully integrated with Workhorse’s line of electric/hybrid delivery trucks. Unlike all of the previous tests, the most recent UPS drone test shows how drones might assist in making no

By | 2017-02-20T23:53:00+00:00 February 20th, 2017|shippers|0 Comments

Rwanda Launches World’s First National Drone Delivery Service Powered By Zipline

The drones and delivery service are built and operated by Zipline, a California-based robotics company. The work in Rwanda is being further supported by an international partnership between Zipline, UPS and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. “This project will also act as an important test for whether drones are a viable way to improve targeted vaccine delivery around the world. Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship programs and is responsible for facilitating community invol

By | 2016-10-13T22:02:19+00:00 October 13th, 2016|News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

UPS And CyPhy Works Test Drone For Urgent Commercial Delivery

The drone flight advances an investment made by The UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund in CyPhy to gather information about drone uses and capabilities. Innovation through automation and robotics has long been a focus for the world’s largest package delivery company. “Drone technology used in this way can save lives and deliver products and services to places that are difficult to reach by traditional transit infrastructures.”The CyPhy drone used in Thursday’s test is the Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) system. UPS and CyPhy flew the PARC from Beverly to Children’s Island

By | 2016-09-28T18:36:04+00:00 September 23rd, 2016|News, shippers, Shipping, ups|0 Comments