It's been many months since the first discussions of delivery drones arouse, but now it appears one company is finally taking it to the skies. DHL Parcel is looking to begin delivering pharmaceuticals to Juist island form the Norddeich village, about 7 miles away when traveling across the North Sea. The delivery flights will take place at least once a week when the regular ferry or manned flights are unavailable.
The parcelcopter will be monitored by people at the stations, but will take off, fly and land autonomously. If a problem occurs during the flight the 11 pound quadcopter can be remotely operated from its base station. For the next several weeks the the flights will be confined airspace that has been set aside by the German ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, then the long term achievability of the parcelcopter will be assessed.
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