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    UPS CEO Says Wind and Rain Are Holding Back Delivery Drones

    UPS CEO Says Wind and Rain Are Holding Back Delivery Drones - BNN Bloomberg United Parcel Service Inc. has been experimenting for years with drone deliveries, but that doesn’t mean the tech is ready for prime time. “You can’t fly them when it’s windy. You can’t fly them when it’s rainy,” Chief...
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    UPS uses Matternet drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccines

    UPS uses Matternet drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccines - Venture Beat UPS has begun using Matternet drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to a hospital in North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist medical center is believed to be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccine deliveries by drones...
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    DroneWaves: UPS takes aggressive approach with drone airline

    DroneWaves: UPS takes aggressive approach with drone airline - Freight Waves ‘We think speed and convenience of drone delivery is like no other’ DETAILS: UPS (NYSE:UPS) has embraced an aggressive approach to deploying drones for delivery services. In 2019, the company created UPS Flight...
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    Verizon Teams Up With UPS to Deliver Packages With 5G Drones

    Verizon Teams Up With UPS to Deliver Packages With 5G Drones - MSN Verizon Communications Inc. kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show on a virtual stage Monday, touting the ways 5G will change the world, including network-connected drones and football stadiums. The company is working with...
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    UPS, Amazon package-delivery drones are a step closer to reality with new US rules

    UPS, Amazon package-delivery drones are a step closer to reality with new US rules - cnet The government says drones will need to address new safety and security concerns. Someday soon, you may not be waiting for packages delivered by a truck -- instead, they'll come overhead, by drone. But...
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    UPS' advanced tech chief reveals how the pandemic has underscored the case for drone delivery, starting with moving medical supplies

    UPS' advanced tech chief reveals how the pandemic has underscored the case for drone delivery, starting with moving medical supplies - Business Insider The logistics industry has been buzzing about drone delivery for years, but aside from a few high-profile pilot programs and conceptual tests...
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    UPS Flight Forward is 2020 FOX Piloting Innovation Award Winner

    UPS Flight Forward is 2020 FOX Piloting Innovation Award Winner - DroneLife Women and Drones CEO Sharon Rossmark created the Women and Drones Global Awards four years ago, in hopes that shining a spotlight on some of the exceptional women in the drone industry would inspire many more. It’s...
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    FAA will let Amazon fly drones to customers, but not over cities yet

    FAA will let Amazon fly drones to customers, but not over cities yet - KUOW Amazon Prime Air has won the FAA's permission to start delivering small items to customers by drone. But that doesn’t mean Seattle area residents will see drones above their rooftops anytime soon. For Amazon, drones...
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    Wake Forest Baptist Health launches drone delivery service

    Wake Forest Baptist Health launches drone delivery service - Becker's Hospital Review Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., has launched a drone delivery service to transport medicines and personal protective equipment between its health system locations. The program, which began...
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    Matternet and UPS Expand Hospital Delivery Network

    Matternet and UPS Expand Hospital Delivery Network - Drone Life Matternet and UPS have expanded their ground-breaking hospital delivery network, adding North Carolina’s Wake Forest Baptist Health medical campus to their operations. Matternet’s M2 drone system is enabling the new hospital...
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    UPS hints at drone ambitions

    UPS hints at drone ambitions - Light Reading Shipping giant UPS said it is testing drone delivery services in an effort that could have significant implications for the nation's wireless network operators. In a virtual presentation Tuesday at the Wireless Infrastructure Association's Connect...
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    DroneUp, UPS testing coronavirus medical supply delivery

    DroneUp, UPS testing coronavirus medical supply delivery - Fox Business Drone solutions company DroneUp is getting together with UPS to test out delivering coronavirus medical supplies. DroneUp CEO Tom Walker told FOX Business’ Neil Cavuto the partnership sprouted from motivation to fill...
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    UPS and DroneUp team up to test drone delivery of medical supplies

    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...
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    UPS partners with Wingcopter to develop new multipurpose drone delivery fleet

    UPS partners with Wingcopter to develop new multipurpose drone delivery fleet - Tech Crunch UPS is working with German startup Wingcopter to develop a new type of delivery drone, to be used for the logistics company’s growing commercial drone delivery efforts both in the U.S. and globally...
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    UPS has a new flight path — drone home delivery

    UPS has a new flight path — drone home delivery - Yahoo United Parcel Service subsidiary Flight Forward announced new partnerships that will expand its medical drone deliveries to hospitals and begin home deliveries to CVS pharmacy customers. Bala Ganesh, UPS’s vice president of advanced...
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    Drugstore drones: UPS will fly CVS prescriptions to customers

    Drugstore drones: UPS will fly CVS prescriptions to customers - Reuters United Parcel Service Inc’s new Flight Forward drone unit will soon start home prescription delivery from CVS Health Corp. The service, which will debut in one or two U.S. cities in the coming weeks, shows how the world’s...
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    UPS takes step forward toward commercial package deliveries with drones

    UPS takes step forward toward commercial package deliveries with drones - Atlanta Business Journal The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday OK'd United Parcel Service Inc. limited authority to begin making small deliveries using drones. In July, UPS (NYSE: UPS) applied to the FAA to...
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    UPS details drone plans in federal exemption request

    UPS details drone plans in federal exemption request - Freightwaves Transporting medical samples between hospitals and their support facilities will be the initial market play for UPS as it expands into drone delivery services, according to plans filed with federal regulators. The company’s...
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    UPS wants to bring drone deliveries to hospitals across the US

    UPS wants to bring drone deliveries to hospitals across the US - CNET The shipper's new drone subsidiary, Flight Forward, will focus on urgent-need deliveries, starting with hospital lab tests. UPS is getting much more serious about drone deliveries -- though not quite yet to your home. The...
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    UPS launches drone business, seeks to certify multiple pilots

    UPS launches drone business, seeks to certify multiple pilots - Reuters United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N), the world’s largest package delivery firm, on Tuesday unveiled its drone delivery subsidiary and said it has applied for the Federal Aviation Administration certifications needed to expand...
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