A consortium of aerospace companies has introduced the first Drone Logistics Ecosystem to address the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the urban, regionally and at sea mid-mile and last mile deliveries.
The aim of the Drone Logistics is to work on standardisation of UAV delivery technologies by working on solutions such as the delivery systems and vertiport universal charging stations.
Freespace Operations, Dragonfly Pads, and AirGo Design aim to bring together existing courier and cargo delivery companies with universities and government bodies to ensure safe and same-day delivery of items by air, land, and sea.
The aim of the Drone Logistics Ecosystem is to assemble these businesses, academics, regulators, and financiers into the same space to stimulate progress and innovation within the UAV delivery industry.
According to the collaboration, many of the companies in the industry are early-stage start-ups with limited access to funding, manpower and expertise, so the Drone Logistics Ecosystem will serve as a sharing platform for companies to lend their expertise for joint-development of products. It will also help those working as consulting or sub-contractors, and for any format of cross-disciplinary/border collaboration.
AirGo Design’s COO, Ali Jahanshahi, said: “We are at the dawn of introduction of drone delivery industry, something that was considered sci-fi a decade ago.
“Covid-19 has catalysed this industry, accelerating drone entrepreneurship- enticing investment and pressurising aviation regulators to setup certification parameters.”
