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110-lb cargo: Engineers develop electric drone to deliver fresh fruits, medicines
The success of this effort requires a robust drone system that can travel large distances. Now, University of New South Wales ...
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Automate The Freight: Front Line Deliveries By Drone
It’s no surprise then to learn that the US Marine Corps is looking at drones as a way of keeping front line troops supplied. In this day of advanced, heavy-lift multi-copters and long-range semi ...
Driverless trucks promise to revolutionise freight transport
In April, US-based Aurora Innovation, which partners with Volvo, Uber and FedEx, plans to commercially deploy up to 10 driverless trucks hauling freight between Dallas and Houston.
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Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest
When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest, expedition companies will test drones that can ferry loads as heavy as 35 pounds in the high altitudes, bring back ladders used to ...
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Zarges: It’s a Game-Changing Solution for Heavy-Duty Drone Cases
Professional drone pilots know they must protect their gear. Drones and their accessories represent a significant investment. The last thing any professional wants to do is show up for a job with ...
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Government trials of Okhotnik heavy combat drone to be over by yearend — source
MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. State testing of the Okhotnik heavy combat drone (S-70) is expected to be completed by the end of the current year, a source close to the command of the Russian aerospace ...
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Russia to launch serial production of Okhotnik heavy attack drones in 2023
TASS/. The serial production of the Okhotnik (Hunter) heavy strike drone will begin in 2023, Head of the state tech corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov said at a meeting with Russian President ...