Autonomous heavy-cargo drones are a significant step closer to becoming a commercial reality (across the Gulf Coast: Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi), as U.S.-based Elroy Air recently completed a series of flights over the course of a week in Houma, Louisiana. These were its first autonomous, uncrewed flights authorized under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) […]
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Is "unmanned flight" finally becoming a reality? Last month, a hybrid electric autonomous aircraft conducted a series of cargo-carrying test flights over Houma, a small town in Louisiana, USA. That's right, there was no pilot on board; the aircraft handled everything automatically. Pilotless…