US drone manufacturer Matternet is preparing to carry out payload trials with Swiss Post and Swiss WorldCargo for the first time in the next two months.
The pilot project between the partners moves into its second phase follows the success of drone-only trials in Switzerland last summer, Oliver Evans, head of global business development for Matternet, told The Loadstar.
“The Swiss Civil Aviation Authority certified specific routes of 10-15km from Bellechasse, an airfield near Geneva used by private flyers, and we completed ...
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John Roberts
January 12, 2016 at 3:23 pmDoes anyone know if these drones work when it is windy. If they only weigh 2.5kg, I guess it wouldn’t take too much of a breeze to blow them off course.