Drone DJ and Freight Waves also reported the news, which was confirmed by a DHL spokesperson. The first DHL parcel drone was test flown in 2013, when it flew over the Rhine, travelled one kilometre and made a successful landing. The drone was controlled from the ground and its route was marked so that the controller could follow it all the way.
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(“EHang” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 and the second quarter ended June 30, 2021 on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, before the U.S. market opens.
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The latest generation of urban transport is the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft) air taxis, which will be a revolutionary tool in metro stations, and already many start-up companies are announcing their future air taxi plans. There is huge competition between companies to be the first to bring the new eVTOL to market.
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The Quarterhorse’s Mach 5 speed of more than 6,000 km/h will shorten the New York to Paris distance to ninety minutes, and its first driverless prototype could soon be tested with funding from the US Air Force.
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Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division is already building the machine, which will produce a low bang instead of a sonic boom: it is expected to be little louder than the noise of a vacuum cleaner.
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Last week, both Volocopter and Joby Aviation reported strong results that make the 2023-2024 target date look realistic. German Volocopter plans to launch its first urban air taxi service in 2023/24.