
Wingcopter wins drone competition
Wingcopter was named the winner of the World Bank's drone competition in the "Emergency Delivery" category. Wingcopter also received a special award for its safety precautions.

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS), Merck and drone manufacturer Wingcopter are currently designing and testing the use of delivery drones in cross-site plant logistics in a project that is unique in Germany.

Part 135 Standard certification
UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc. has received the first full Part 135 standard certification from the U.S. government to operate a drone airline.

UPS Flight Forward is the name of the new subsidiary with which UPS wants to take off as a drone operator. The company is set to become one of the first fully certified drone operators in the USA.

Properly managed inventory management is essential for every manufacturing company. This includes stocktaking. The logistics service provider Group7 has developed a customized solution to reduce this time expenditure to a minimum.

The international express service provider DHL Express and the drone manufacturer EHang have entered into a strategic partnership. The common goal: an automated and intelligent drone delivery solution for China's metropolitan areas.

Drones in healthcare logistics
UPS has announced a program to transport medical samples around the grounds of a clinic in the Raleigh area, USA, using unmanned drones.

Initial projects and business models show: Drones in warehouses are no longer a dream of the future. A working group of the VDMA trade association aims to identify challenges and analyze potential.

Drones are now widely used, and parcel deliverers are also interested in the technology. Student Daniel Schermer from Kaiserslautern has now been awarded a prize for his master's thesis on the use of drones in parcel delivery.