Automation, Electrification Core To UPS Flight Forward’s Strategy

Graham Warwick May 05, 2022
UPS Flight Forward Alia autonomous
UPS Flight Forward plans to use Beta’s Alia as a small feeder aircraft, with autonomous operation as the eventual goal.
Credit: UPS Flight Forward
UPS’s drone airline subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has embarked on a strategy of deploying autonomous and remotely operated aircraft across a range of use cases from medical delivery drones to large feeder aircraft. UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) was established in June 2019 and received the first FAA...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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