News / Dnata solves airport labour shortage with AeroVect autonomous vehicle orders

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AeroVect

By Alex Lennane

14/09/2022

It has taken just two short years, but in that time start-up AeroVect has designed, built – and is now delivering ? software which will enable airport vehicles to drive autonomously.

The San Francisco company has announced a major deal with global handler dnata for some 100 units, to be rolled out in the US, Dubai and Europe.

AeroVect is a ‘typical’ start-up story of two Harvard graduates designing the software in their garage during lockdown. It aims to revolutionise ground support ...

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