The Black Swan is a pilotless cargo aircraft the size of a delivery van.
The plane is half the cost of competing aircraft, has a 770-pound weight, and has a 1550-mile range.
The world's first "cargo drone airline" will begin operations in 2023.
There is a new cargo aircraft that is ready to be sold.
The Black Swan is a pilotless drones certified to carry freight in the European Union.
The idea of the concept was created by two brothers from Bulgaria. The pair started looking into the market when Amazon started delivering drones.
Logistical difficulties in sending small drones like Amazon's to deliver directly to homes made the brothers believe there was a better way to get personal packages to each customer.
In Bulgaria, cargo is off loaded onto a big truck, driven hundreds of miles, and then off loaded onto a smaller van and delivered to individual sites.
The brothers wanted to map the size of the truck to fit in a delivery van in the last mile. We can cut a step from the process with this method.
The product, which is about half the capacity of a U-Haul van, can offer customers fast and low-cost freight transport, enabling same-day delivery with the help of some 3,000 airfields across Europe.
The U-Haul is located in this location.
The main distribution centers are closer to customers than the airstrips, which makes them even more convenient for same-day delivery.
The design helps Dronamics differentiate itself from other cargo drone operators.
Walmart is trying to get into drones.
According to the company, most small delivery drones are an attempt to solve the last mile problem. We are the cross-country truck.
The DJ is drone.
The company says that the plane reduces costs by up to 50% compared to competing cargo aircraft, which makes it favorable for the middle-mile market.
The Black Swan can travel up to 20,000 feet and can carry up to 350 kilograms.
It can cover the continental US, the diagonal in the Caribbean, the South China Sea, and all of Europe. The size fits into the geography.
The routes are powered by a single-propeller Rotax engine built by Austrian company BRP- Rotax.
The plane will be able to enter the low density market by carrying single pallet of one item and individual packages.
The fixed wing of the Black Swan allows it to land on short runways, which makes it easier to get to isolated communities.
The aircraft will be mass produced in Germany and Australia. The way of carrying cargo will be promoted and it will result in a reduction in emissions.
When Black Swan is ready for service, Dronamics plans to operate it as the world's first cargo drones airline, flying around the Mediterranean and over water.
We want to start with less risky routes. We will fly over land as we gain confidence.
The drones will not deliver goods door to door, but rather use a system of droneports to offer same day transport of cargo between main gateways or warehouses to distant cities.
There will be two people at the departure port and two at the arrival.
Dronamics' Black Swan was called a "game-changer" by Hellmann, which is one of the partners the company already has.
The aircraft's speed and flexibility were praised by Hellmann's Kleine- Lasthues. We're working with Dronamics because it's not an Amazon delivery idea.
The source is the British Broadcasting Corporation.
While Dronamics rolled out a quarter-sized prototype, the full-scaled Black Swan is expected to take its first flight in the coming months.
The source is the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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