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Chinese Online Retailer JD.com launches Drone Delivery

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BEIJING, -- Chinese online retailer JD.com has begun using drones for deliveries in the countryside of east China's Jiangsu Province.The service around Suqian City, hometown of JD.com's founder Liu Qiangdong, can more than halve the cost of delivery to less than 0.5 yuan (7.6 U.S. cents) per parcel, said Xiao Jun, vice president of JD.com. At a delivery depot in Suqian's Caoji township, two drones are capable of handling 200 parcels a day. The drones can each carry 10 to 15 kg of weight and fly 15 to 20 km at a speed of up to 54 km per hour,...

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Airbus launches a Cargo Drone Challenge, a commercial drone design competition

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Amateurs and professionals alike can compete for $117,500 in total prize money Following the launch of its first joint pilot project for the co-creation of the next generation of commercial drones, Airbus Group and Local Motors have officially kicked off the 'Cargo drone challenge', an open competition to identify and design a premium drone solution to transport quickly urgent medical supplies to people and places that are traditionally difficult to reach. The starting design of this competition would be Airbus Quadcruiser’s hybrid concept, combining the VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) and hovering capabilities of the well-known quad-copter design with the...

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