UPS and DroneUp team up to test drone delivery of medical supplies

[cheryl]

UPS and DroneUp team up to test drone delivery of medical supplies - Fox News

With healthcare workers waging a life or death battle against the coronavirus crisis, many other industries, companies and individuals are seeking innovative new ways to support the life-saving efforts of those on the front lines.

Drone-assisted deliveries have often been thought of as the future, but a recent partnership between United Parcel Service (UPS), Workhorse Group, DroneUp and the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology has proven that future is now.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

UPS has been using drones for quite some time now:

The certification allows UPS pilots to fly drones beyond their line of sight and opens the door for the delivery company to expand Flight Forward. The fledgling unit is immediately doubling the number of drone flights it does for its flagship customer, Raleigh, North Carolina's WakeMed Health & Hospitals.Oct 1, 2019

 

[olroadbeech]

cool.wonder how many will be shot down. a whole new legal specialty.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

cool.wonder how many will be shot down. a whole new legal specialty.

Sounds like material for a fiction best seller.

 

[Poop Head]

UPS has been using drones for quite some time now:

The certification allows UPS pilots to fly drones beyond their line of sight and opens the door for the delivery company to expand Flight Forward. The fledgling unit is immediately doubling the number of drone flights it does for its flagship customer, Raleigh, North Carolina's WakeMed Health & Hospitals.Oct 1, 2019

How many rolls of toilet paper can they carry?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

How many rolls of toilet paper can they carry?

One at a time.

 

[PawsomeAviator]

cool.wonder how many will be shot down. a whole new legal specialty.

No new legal specialty required, it is a felony to shoot down or sabotage any aircraft, manned or unmanned.

2. Aircraft Sabotage (18 U.S.C. 32)