UPS Drone Service to Deliver CVS Health Prescriptions to Homes October 22, 2019 By Lisa Baertlein United Parcel Service Inc.’s new Flight Forward drone unit will soon start home prescription delivery from CVS Health Corp. The...
Airlift from Drugstore to Doorstep: Walgreens, Google’s Wing Testing Drone Deliveries September 23, 2019 By Tom Murphy Walgreens and a Google affiliate are testing drone deliveries that can put drugstore products on customer doorsteps minutes after being...
U.S. Transportation Agency Sets Process for Approval of Drone Taxis May 1, 2018 By Alan Levin On-demand robotic flying taxis and drone deliveries are years away from reality, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has removed...
China’s Largest Courier Firm, SF Holding, Wins License to Deliver Parcels by Drone April 2, 2018 By Bloomberg News Chinese courier company SF Holding Co. says it’s won a license to operate drones, opening up a new potential frontier...
Tracking System Could Speed OK for Drone Deliveries in U.S. December 21, 2017 By Alan Levin Deliveries by drones took a step closer to being allowed in the U.S. after a federal advisory panel agreed on...
Amazon’s Delivery Drone Project Focuses on Birds (and How to Avoid Them) May 22, 2017 By Adam Satariano and Marie Mawad Amazon.com Inc.’s development of package-delivery drones is progressing to the point where the company is now thinking a lot about...
US Robotics Firm Launches Blood Delivery Service in Rwanda – Using Drones October 14, 2016 By Clement Uwiringiyimana Rwandan doctors stranded without vital blood supplies are about to be rescued by an important new ally in their fight...
New Zealand Claims World’s First Pizza Delivery by Drone August 25, 2016 By Matthew Brockett New Zealand led the world when it gave women the vote and introduced inflation targeting. Now it’s claiming another world-first:...
Amazon and UK Government Form Partnership to Test Drone Deliveries July 26, 2016 By Gwen Ackerman Amazon Inc. and the British government have announced a partnership to test the e-commerce giant’s aerial drone parcel delivery system...
Expect Urban Deliveries by Drones within Few Years: Google January 13, 2016 By Alan Levin Product delivery-by-drone in urban areas may be possible within a few years if the U.S. government and the aviation industry...