DroneUp has made 500 deliveries in a single day for the first time.
To improve the pilot-to-drone ratio, the US drone logistics operator performed capacity testing from its research and development facility at Richard Bland College (RBC) in Virginia. Relying on a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver, over the last several months, the team has focused on automating the delivery process.
The effort has resulted in increased deliveries per hour. The company said it reached a new industry benchmark with a record-setting 40 deliveries per hour carrying up to 10 lbs weight capacity. In addition, automation testing has achieved a one to many operator-to-drone ratio, which aids in driving down the cost of delivery for DroneUp’s partners.
DroneUp’s Cloud-Based platform Uncrew allows users to manage missions from anywhere globally, utilising real-time geodata from uncrewed traffic management for airspace, terrain, and traffic information. Automated mission plans are generated from HubOps Mission Requests, allowing operators to oversee up to 20 concurrent missions through a unified interface.
“For DroneUp’s commercial partners, the ultimate goal is to increase the number of deliveries that can be safely completed while diversifying the types of items and packages that drones can effectively manage,” said John Vernon, CTO of DroneUp. “Testing at RBC will soon address new weight capacities that eclipse our 10-pound limit, further increasing the package size and testing of many-to-many drone operations.”
DroneUp recently completed a survey of customers who used drone delivery in Q4 2023, which found that drone delivery earned over 90 percent positive ratings on having packages arrive safely, on time, and in perfect condition.
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