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UPS Flight Forward Inc. (UPSFF) and CVS Pharmacy Inc. have successfully completed the first revenue-generating, residential drone deliveries of medical prescriptions from a CVS pharmacy to customers in Cary, North Carolina. One of the people on the receiving end of these landmark deliveries was a CVS customer with limited mobility, which makes it hard for them to make the trip to the store to pick up their prescription. Utilizing a Matternet M2 UAS, the flights launched from a CVS store in Cary. Once the
FlightWave Aerospace has launched its new Jupiter tricopter UAS. The company says the drone is reminiscent of a “tough-as-nails pickup truck,” designed for missions where durability, stamina and control are required. The UAS provides users with a “smooth flying experience,” according to FlightWave, via their tilt-pod technology. The UAS also has the same engineering that provided precision control for FlightWave’s Edge-130 UAS; this time, in a wingless craft, making it suitable for indoor mis
“Business aviation has continually led the way in promoting products, procedures and policies to reduce aircraft emissions, with proven results.” Source: NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen.
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Sisters win Halloween dressed as adorable NASA lunar module and astronaut
From C-Net, Charlie (age 5) and her little sister Ellie (age 2) were so inspired by the book I am Neil Armstrong they decided to pay tribute on Halloween to the legendary astronaut and the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
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