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The Federal Aviation Agency has authorized two more companies to operate drones to fly longer distance flights beyond visual line of sight, or BVLOS. The companies being given approval are UPS Flight Forward and uAvionix.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted some requests from UPS Flight Forward for its plans to operate the Matternet M2 unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drones, for parcel deliveries, but in a decision published May 1 declined to modify its prohibitions of operations over people and roadways. (Photo: UPS) Modifying the current requirements related to
In October 2021, U.K.-based drone delivery provider Skyports launched medical drone delivery trials in partnership with carrier Irelandia Aviation for shipments like vaccines, HIV tests and pathology samples, across Colombia, with flights expected to commence later this year. Earlier in August, the U.S.’ first vaccine drone delivery program was launched by North Carolina-based health system […]
The first COVID-19 vaccine drone delivery program in the U.S. was launched Aug. 24 by North Carolina-based health system Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and its health-tech business enterprise IQ Healthtech Labs using Matternet M2 drones operated by UPS and its subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward. (Photo: UPS) California-based technology firm Matternet’s M2 drone can deliver […]