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SkyDrop ends historic drone delivery work as funding runs out

Avatar for Bruce Crumley Feb 26 2024 - 12:42 am PT
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Though leaders like Zipline and Wing have generated most of the sector’s headlines in recent months, drone delivery pioneer SkyDrop has been quietly at work beneath the radar in continuing its seminal activities in the field. Today, however, the company announced its search for critical additional funding had come to an end, along with that its decade effort to develop specialized UAV transport hardware and systems.

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Flirtey and Reno complete test as part of UAS Integration Pilot Program

Avatar for Haye Kesteloo Sep 13 2018 - 9:41 am PT
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The City of Reno and Flirtey complete first test as part of the UAS Integration Pilot Program

The City of Reno has completed their first test flights together with Flirtey as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP). The program was launched by President Trump late last year to fast-track commercial drone applications. The City of Reno and Flirtey partnership were one out of ten successful applicants for the IPP program.


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Medical supplies and blood deliveries could open up the skies for routine drone deliveries

Avatar for Haye Kesteloo Mar 13 2018 - 1:28 pm PT
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One of the best examples of drone deliveries must be Zipline’s blood and medical supply delivery system in Rwanda. The San Francisco-based company has successfully used drones to fly “more than 187,500 miles, delivering 7,000 units of blood over 7,500 flights” since they launched their service in Africa. Could medical cargo benefitting from using a drone to deliver supplies open up the skies for more routine drone deliveries?


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