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
David Barker, divisional senior vice president at dnata, will join the speaker faculty for the inaugural Air Cargo Tech Summit in Miami as part of a panel discussion on “No man’s land: Drones and autonomous flight in air cargo logistics,” at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7. David Barker, Divisional Senior Vice President, DNATA (Photo:
In this episode of “On Air with Air Cargo World,” Editor Caryn Livingston speaks with Steve Magirias, CEO of cargo drone developer and operator Drone Delivery Canada (DDC), about his plans for the company in his new role, the upcoming launches of the Canary and Condor drones and the regulatory landscape for drone operations. Drone
FedEx Corp. is partnering with Elroy Air, a startup that makes a large cargo drone, to test moving packages by air with no pilot on board. Elroy Air’s Chaparral prototype flying autonomously at Camp Roberts, CA.Photo: Elroy Air FedEx plans to begin experimental flights next year using Elroy Air’s Chaparral aircraft to shuttle packages from