DHL parcelcopter launches initial operations for research purposes

  • First autonomous delivery flights by parcelcopter in Europe authorized
  • Regular flights to the North Sea island of Juist
  • Emergency delivery of medications and other urgently needed goods

DHL Parcel will soon launch a unique pilot project on the North Sea island of Juist: For the first time worldwide, medications and other urgently needed goods will be delivered to the island at certain times of the day by DHL parcelcopter. This research project represents the first and only time in Europe that a flight by an unmanned aircraft will be operated outside of the pilot’s field of vision in a real-life mission. By taking this step, DHL Parcel has moved to the next phase of the parcelcopter research project it launched in December 2013.

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