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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In modern conflict, it’s axiomatic that logistics wins wars. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. kg) payload.

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Burgeoning Freight and Logistics Demands to Fuel Recovery of China’s Commercial Truck Industry

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Key drivers in this revival will be burgeoning transport and logistics needs, particularly for eCommerce retail deliveries, the need for periodic truck replacements to align with stricter new emissions standards, and government impetus in the form of subsidies and incentives. It is projected to nearly double to 4.3

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Key Trends Driving Digital Transformation in the Freight Industry

Robotics Automation News

For any business that relies on some form of logistics – whether sending products across town or across the world – keeping up with the latest digital advances is becoming critical for […] The freight and shipping industry is going through some major changes lately as new technologies shake up the old way of doing things.

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‘Drones are better for the planet than traditional means of transport’: Alex Landowski, Medical Logistics

E&T

The co-founder and managing director of Medical Logistics isn’t just talking about the day-to-day frustrations of getting across town by car for anything as routine as a business meeting. Medical Logistics has been instrumental in the first UAV flight-corridor trial in the UK for delivering time-critical medical cargo to an NHS hospital.

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Is Cummins’ Novel Fuel-Agnostic Engine Platform the Way to Net Zero Emissions?

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Higher Efficiency, Lower Emissions, Multiple Fuels (HELM) is the new mantra as company launches advanced clean diesel X15 engine In 2022, following the waning of the pandemic, global emissions from passenger and cargo transport grew 3% from 2021 levels. At an annual average rate of 1.7%

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Leading UK-based Robotics Company BotsAndUs Rebrands as Dexory

i4.0 today

As we focus on data-led insight technology for the logistics and supply chain industry, we believe the timing was right for this transition. In its new form, Dexory continues its work with important partners such as Menzies Aviation, Maersk, Huboo and several other logistics and warehousing organisations in the UK and across Europe.

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Gateway to the Moon - and beyond!

E&T

This will be docked with a propulsion module in orbit around the Moon, to form the backbone of a brand-new space station called the Lunar Gateway – humanity’s first to orbit a body other than the Earth. Because of this successful in-space experimentation, Gateway will be using the same system from day one.

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