Singapore companies F-Drones and Marco Polo Marine are teaming up to create what they say will be the world’s first large-scale, electric aerial delivery UAVs designed to service offshore wind farms – and at 90% less cost than current transport options.
Marco Polo Marine, an integrated maritime logistics company, signed the memorandum of understanding in the project with F-Drones based on the former’s experience in developing special purpose, proprietary UAVs. Under the agreement, the partners will rely on F-Drone’s existing craft, which can fly up to 100 kg payloads over 100 km, to build new delivery craft for supplying ships and offshore wind farms.
An objective within that plan is to produce offshore wind farm delivery drones that operate at 90% lower costs than current methods, which largely rely on boats and helicopters. Those automated aerial vehicles are also expected to speed transport times to and from destinations by 400%. The companies also…
