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AT&T and Softbox collaborate on drone deliveries
US telecommunications giant AT&T recently worked closely with UK-headquartered Softbox on a drone demonstration intended to show that vital medicines can indeed be delivered by unmanned systems in times of crisis.Softbox is a designer and manufacturer of passive temperature-control packaging solutions. It has worked with some of the world’s biggest ...
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US pilot unions team up to oppose single-pilot freighter study
Unions representing the pilots of nearly 50 commercial airlines have teamed up to oppose a study that would research and develop a programme to support single-pilot freighter aircraft.The alliance, which was announced at the recent Air Safety Forum, contains the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the Allied Pilots Association ...
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Astral Aviation to acquire two drones for cargo delivery network in Kenya
African cargo carrier Astral Aviation has signed a letter of intent to acquire two Lucas-F250 drones, with plans to launch a cargo drone network in Kenya next yearThe Kenya-based airline has an option to purchase an additional ten drones in 2019 from the manufacturer, Dubai-based Falcon Drones Technology.Astral Aviation will ...
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Boeing leads investment in Drone firm Matternet
Boeing and a series of other companies have invested in parcel drone company Matternet as the company looks to expand its operations.Boeing HorizonX Ventures led the $16m, Series A investment in Matternet, with participation by Swiss Post, Sony Innovation Fund and Levitate Capital.Matternet became the world's first company to receive ...
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Europe's crowded skies face capacity crunch
Europe’s crowded skies face “serious capacity challenges” according to a new report by Eurocontrol, the organisation for the safety of air navigation in Europe.The Challenges of Growth study finds that without urgent action, the network will be unable to cope with the demand for flights predicted by 2040.Eamonn Brennan, director ...
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Internet shopping a ‘tsunami’ for global logistics
According to David Jinks, head of consumer research at London-headquartered package delivery service provider ParcelHero, internet shopping will transform global commerce and logistics within a decade.In a speech at the Digital Ship Maritime CIO in London on June 21, he will sum up: “From Amazon’s own aircraft and shipping services, ...
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More speakers added to the Farnborough Airshow cargo conference
The Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018 has added more speakers to its two-day conference to be hosted within the cargo village at the event.According to the latest update, Turkish Cargo chief cargo officer Turhan Ozen will join a panel discussion on express and e-commerce growth; Qatar Airways vice president cargo ...
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DHL breaks ground on new Americas innovation centre
DHL will extend its network of technological showcase centres to North America in summer next year when it opens its third Innovation Center in Chicago.Like the existing DHL Innovation Centers in Troisdorf, Germany, and Singapore, the Americas Innovation Center will house DHL’s logistic innovations and robotics.It will offer customers and ...
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Speakers line up for Farnborough Airshow cargo conference
The future of air cargo and cargo technology will be the themes of a two-day airfreight conference to be hosted within the cargo village at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow 2018 (FIA18) which takes place between 16-18 July.The 1,000 sq m Cargo Village will serve as an important hub for ...
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Video: Geodis warehouse inventory takes off with drones
French logistics giant Geodis will use drones to scan consignments for a "completely automatic warehouse inventory solution" without any human intervention, with a planned introduction by the end of 2018.The system will be employed after almost two years of development and 1,000 flight hours in prototype across three pilot warehouses ...
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Supply chains failing to reap digitisation benefits
Nearly 95% of supply chain and operations professionals are not fully capitalising on the potential benefits of digitalization, according to a DHL survey.The research report on digitalization in the supply chain found that new technologies and solutions are developing at a fast-pace and disrupting industries on multiple fronts, with supply ...
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New funding to boost JD.com’s logistics arm
Chinese e-tailer JD.com has signed an agreement with a number of investors to take a minority stake in its JD Logistics network.JD.com will remain the majority shareholder with an 81.4% shareholding in its logistics arm when the deal, which is expected to raise about $2.5bn, closes in the first quarter ...
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Boom time in Korea
Pilots in Europe and North America worry – quite rightly – about hitting drones, which weigh a couple of kilos or so; but their Far Eastern colleagues have to consider the possibility of encountering a North Korean missile the size of a large truck.The North Korean’s leader’s penchant for letting ...
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Drone danger is real, says US pilots chief
Two recent midair collisions highlight the real danger from unmanned aircraft (drones) said president of the Air Line Pilots Association in the US, (ALPA), Captain Tim Canoll.He called on Congress to stiffen existing legislation and for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to introduce rules forcing recreational drone users to keep ...
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Medical emergency drone deliveries to start in US
Drone delivery service Flirtey and community-integrated emergency medical service provider REMSA are to launch the first automated external defibrillator drone delivery service in the US.The service aims to assist first responders treating victims of cardiac arrest. The drones will be dispatched at the same time as ambulances when REMSA receives ...
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Airline-shipper relations need rethink, says Unisys expert
Airlines and their customers will have to forge new style alliances, predicts a Unisys industry expert.Venkatesh Pazhyanur, senior industry director of freight solutions at the global IT firm, predicts that there will be strategic alliances between airlines and big-volume shippers such as postal authorities, online retailers, global distributors and supply ...
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US bans drones from historic sites
The US Federal Aviation and Department of the Interior (DOI) have banned drone flights over ten historic sites such as the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore.The unmanned craft will no longer be allowedThe FAA and DOI have agreed to restrict within 400 feet of sites including the Hoover and ...
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New group gives one-stop drone service
A new alliance of firms has been launched to bring connectivity to the global drone industry. Companies in the Drone Major Group will provide an integrated suite of products and services to the global drone industry at what it says is an important time in the development of standards and ...
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Swiss drones on track for hospital deliveries
Swiss Post is to begin regular drone flights of laboratory samples between two hospitals in Lugano, Switzerland, from 2018.Switzerland’s Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) has given the project the green light after assessing 70 autonomous test flights undertaken by Swiss Post, the Ticino EOC hospital group and US-based drone ...
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Logistics in 2017: The year of drones and data streams
Technology in the 21st century evolves at a frightening pace. The newest innovations have a lifespan measured in months. No sooner have businesses accommodated a new technology than it is superseded. The companies that adapt to each rapid change are the only ones which stand a chance of survival - ...
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