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Flexport has placed an advanced purchase commitment for two of Natilus’s larger cargo UAV designs, the 100t, pitting cargo drone technology squarely in competition with conventional aircraft.
The US company is producing the world’s first purpose-designed and manufactured autonomous aircraft for air freight transport and, with others, including Volatus Aerospace, Astral Aviation, Aurora and Dymond, Flexport’s order brings Natilus’s advanced purchase commitments to some $6bn for as many as 440 unmanned aircraft of varying sizes.
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Paul Gooch
February 10, 2022 at 3:17 pm“…there are only two ways to move cargo internationally, by air and by sea.” So rail from China to Europe is not international? Or a truck from The Netherlands to Italy is not international?
Alex Lennane
February 10, 2022 at 4:01 pmYes, we spotted that too!