Good News except for one thing

[Mrmund]

Good news
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbRVNxL44c

Except we, like all of us need to make sure that our respective countries don't "sell off" our airspace, 0-400' to commercial interests.
Pay attention, get involved, fly safe and especially don't be that guy!

Still pretty cool

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

VERY cool that Zipline drone, catching systems and a parachute if needed in emergency.

I agree, that's something I've been thinking about with all this commercial delivery concepts coming on line.
We have a trial in the nations capital Canberra right now, Amazon trialing drone deliveries.

 

[AnzacJack]

Amazing what can be done with out legislation stifling innovation

 

[drsumitasofat]

pretty cool

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Looks like Zipline medical drone services have found themselves sought out by the US military.

US Marines Try Using Drones to Bring Blood to Battle

The light unmanned aircraft made hundreds of supply drops during recent Australian live-fire wargames.

www.defenseone.com

Didn't take long.
Zipline is obviously a commercial company, and seems keen to impress the US military.
The first big US based test run a year ago, now the latest trials is this joint US / Australia military exercise in the Northern Territory, Australia.

US have used autonomous Kmax choppers (and still do) The Marines' Self-Flying Chopper Survives a Three-Year Tour
But they are large and have to stop to unload / be unloaded.
Zipline could fill a needed gap for blood on the front line, and of course small amounts of urgent small munitions.