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Swoop Aero to launch drone delivery of lab samples from Aussie islands

Bruce Crumley - Oct. 11th 2022 4:14 am PT @BDroneDJ

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International logistics and drone delivery company Swoop Aero is launching a new service in its home market with aerial transport of lab samples from the Moreton Bay islands off Australia’s east coast city Brisbane.

Swoop Aero joins World Economic Forum ‘Global Innovator’ elite

Bruce Crumley - Sep. 2nd 2022 11:16 am PT @BDroneDJ

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After nearly two years of successive steps to build its innovative drone delivery operations across Africa and around the world, Australia’s Swoop Aero has been ushered into to the small coterie of companies composing the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovator Community.

Swoop Aero working with US, Aussie regulators on joint drone certification

Bruce Crumley - Jul. 22nd 2022 6:14 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Australian aerial logistics and drone delivery company Swoop Aero is working with its national Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a project aiming to harmonize and streamline the remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS) certification process of both countries.

Swoop Aero turns down $100M takeover bid to raise $16M in Series B funding

Ishveena Singh - Jun. 7th 2022 1:14 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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After over two years of continuous medical drone delivery operations across Africa, Australia’s Swoop Aero has completed a $16 million Series B funding round. But what’s even more impressive is that the logistics startup had the confidence to reject a $100 million takeover offer from a US-based defense company, halfway through the round.

Skyports, Swoop Aero, Astral Aerial Solutions partner in Kenya’s first BVLOS medical drone deliveries

Bruce Crumley - Jun. 1st 2022 1:37 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Drone service companies Skyports and Swoop Aero are extending their past partnerships to Kenya, where they’ve teamed up with local UAV operator Astral Aerial Solutions in a series of the nation’s first beyond line of sight (BVLOS) delivery trials to prepare for regular transport of medical supplies.

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Swoop Aero gets okay in Oz for global remote drone pilot center

Bruce Crumley - May. 19th 2022 3:43 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Talk about beyond visual line of sight. Swoop Aero has won approval from Australia’s Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA) to operate a centralized facility that will allow employees of the drone delivery company to remotely pilot up to five different UAVs over three different continents at once.