Experimental Drone Delivery Flight To Texel Was Canceled

The experimental drone delivery flight to Texel in the Netherlands was canceled at the last minute, but we learned a lot along the way. Low-hanging clouds prevented an experimental transport flight with a drone from Den Helder to Texel on Wednesday morning. This was to the great disappointment of the interested parties who had come to the demonstration. But thanks to several presentations about the opportunities and challenges of drone delivery, the audience went home inspired.

Offshore drone delivery flight

Is it possible to carry out offshore transport flights with a drone? What needs to be done to make this technically and procedurally possible? And what does the integration of drone delivery into existing logistics processes look like? These are all issues addressed in the Long Distance Cargo Drone Delivery project, carried out at the METIP innovation center in the Kop van Noord-Holland.

According to research by drone operator and METIP partner DroneQ Robotics,…