Delivery services by plane

A US company has announced that it will provide unmanned aerial vehicle service globally.

Matternet, a Silicon Valley-based company in the United States, tested the automated delivery service in Haiti and Dominica. In these two countries, Matternet's aircraft crossed the 10km range with 2kg of cargo, Tech News Daily reported.

Now the company hopes to expand its service across the planet to replace traditional delivery systems. Their first objective was to establish global airframes for airplanes. Each time the power goes out, the aircraft will land on the station that the company erected on the ground to charge.

An illustration of an automatic mail delivery plane in a remote area of Africa. (Photo: Matternet)

Matternet's leadership wants to explore services in rural areas in poorer countries where road systems have not developed at an early stage. They will also build bigger planes so they can carry more goods.

"The easiest way to describe our plan is to compare it to the robust development of mobile phones in developing countries." We want to replace traditional forms of transportation without Infrastructure has to be upgraded, " said Andreas Raptopoulos, founder and CEO of Matternet, to automobiles that can carry goods to places where other vehicles can not .

Ropoulos said that the potential of the service was enormous. For example, aircraft can deliver drugs to isolated areas of the world, allowing consumers to purchase direct farm produce from farmers, and aid disaster relief.

If the trials in the US are successful, Matternet will launch automated urban transportation services for urban areas. The management of the company confirmed that the cost of operating the service will be relatively low. According to a study by the company, they will spend only about $ 900,000 to buy 150 automatic and build 50 stations.