Middle-Mile Logistics Demand Spurs Autonomous Aircraft Development

Graham Warwick May 05, 2022
Pyka's autonomous Pelican Cargo vehicle
Pelican Cargo will be a development of Pyka’s autonomous agricultural aircraft.
Credit: Pyka
More startups are developing uncrewed cargo aircraft as growth in e-commerce drives potential demand for more efficient and responsive middle-mile logistics to move goods from warehouses to delivery centers. Crop sprayer provides basis for cargo carrier Multicopter meets gyroplane in eVTOL design...
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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