News / Drones will 'push the boundaries of what is possible' in air cargo

Natilus Drone Credit Natilus

31/01/2023

UPS feeder airline Ameriflight is to purchase 20 Natilus Kona cargo drones, swelling the orderbook for the still theoretical aircraft to $6.8bn.

The Kona, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), bearing a design markedly similar to the NASA X-48B blended-wing prototype, is designed to carry more cargo ...

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Pichuiyer Balasubramanian
February 02, 2023 at 5:57 am
The entire freight world will keenly looking at the progress of Natilus and Dronamics in the coming days. Good news for air cargo – it will bring in more visibility to air cargo as such than we what we have seen so far, including the brief ‘stardom’ during the covid period.

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