Canadian Company plans drone to carry 400 pound payloads
Company plans drone to carry 400 pound payloads
POSTED: APR 02 2018 09:08AM EDT UPDATED: APR 02 2018
10:19AM EDT
NEW YORK - A Canadian company says it has started
development of a drone that will be able to deliver packages that weigh up to
400 pounds. Drone Delivery Canada is
focused on building a fleet of drones to deliver bulk shipments that are so
called pallet-size payloads.
Along with the heavy payloads, the drone is being
designed to fly approximately 150 km.
The company hopes to begin flying the Condor at its testing facilities
in late 2018.
The company conducted its first tests of its Sparrow drone
at Griffiss InternationaL Airport in Rome, New York on March 5, 2018. The flights were actually controlled from the
company's headquarters in Ontario, Canada.
The Sparrow has a 11 lb lifting capacity.
Drone Delivery Canada is planning new tests soon for a
drone called the Raven that will be able to carry payloads of up to 25 pounds
and fly them around 60 km. The company
says it has identified around a thousand remote communities in northern Canada
that could deliver items via their drones.
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