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The Daily Dash: Scrambling to close the fuel tax revenue gap

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight states’ quests for transportation project funding, the path to integrating countless drones into low-altitude airspace and more

The High Five

1. Most states are exploring ways to fund their transportation projects amid long-range forecasts of gradually declining fuel tax revenues due to more fuel-efficient internal combustion engines and the sales growth of electric-powered vehicles. Mark...

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DroneWaves: The need for speed — WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Could drone racing be the ultimate sport of the future? Dooner and The Dude get a firsthand look at the complicated league of racing that is about more than just winning first place. 

They welcome Ashley Ellefson, COO of the Drone Racing League (DRL), to discuss the talented pilots taking off around the country. Hear about how drone races are exploring the capabilities of drones from speed to maneuverability. 

DRL recently launched the Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR) Circuit, an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dronewaves-the-need-for-speed-what-the-truck

DroneWaves: Urban planning for drone delivery

UrbanPlanning expert talks about urban logistics challenges with drone delivery.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ DroneWaves Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Planning urban centers for drone delivery

DETAILS: Kaylee Nix, a reporter at FreightWaves, and Joshua Goldstein chat about how UrbanFootprint is taking a data-driven approach to planning layouts of urban environments. The logistics of drone operations and getting governmental approval in cities is quite complicated.

SPEAKER: Goldstein is the director of business development and partnerships at UrbanFootprint.

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DroneWaves: How close is drone delivery to a last-mile solution?

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ DroneWaves Summit on Friday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Drone Delivery: How close are we? 

DETAILS: In this session, Matt Stubbs, FreightWaves’ director of PR, talks with Wingcopter’s Bill Wimberley about developments in drone capabilities, safety and perception problems and how close we are to drones as a last-mile solution for delivery.

SPEAKERS: Wimberley is the head of business development at Wingcopter.

BIO: Wimberley is a serial entrepreneur and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dronewaves-how-close-is-drone-delivery-to-a-last-mile-solution

DroneWaves: ‘Deliver within minutes, not hours’

Experts discuss the future of on-demand delivery during the DroneWaves Summit.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ DroneWaves Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The future of on-demand delivery

DETAILS: Leaders at Aurora Aerial and GoFor discuss their partnership and how drones have the potential to speed up last-mile delivery while reducing emissions and providing a high-quality customer experience.

SPEAKER: Alan Tay, CEO of Aurora Aerial

BIO: Tay is the co-founder of Delphi Technology Corp. and has more than 20 years of aviation experience as a flight instructor. His...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dronewaves-chat-recap-deliver-within-minutes-not-hours

DronesWaves: From pharmaceuticals to pizza, how drone use could evolve

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FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Drones and the agricultural supply chain 

DETAILS: AgEagle is a U.S.-based manufacturer of drones, providing clients with custom applications for those drones. Michael Drozd talks with FreightWaves’ John Kingston about the competitive landscape for drone manufacturers, the agricultural uses that were in the company’s origins and where he sees drone use for parcel deliveries headed.

SPEAKER: Drozd is AgEagle’s CEO.

BIO: Drozd assumed the role as AgEagle’s CEO in May 2020. He...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/droneswaves-from-pharmaceuticals-to-pizza-how-drone-use-could-evolve

DroneWaves: Navigating on-demand drone delivery to the burbs

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This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ DroneWaves Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Flying beyond the line of sight

DETAILS: FreightWaves’ Anthony Smith discusses the future of drone delivery and dispels misconceptions about the industry with Yariv Bash.

SPEAKER: Bash is the co-founder and CEO of Flytrex Aviation, which provides autonomous drone delivery solutions for the food and retail sectors. His company was the first in the world to deploy a B2C drone delivery system in an urban...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dronewaves-navigating-on-demand-drone-delivery-to-the-burbs

DroneWaves: Delivering everywhere with drones

Bobby Healy and Kevin Hill at the DroneWaves Summit

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The capabilities and economics of drone delivery

DETAILS: A discussion on drone delivery and the economics of the new frontier of transportation.

INTERVIEWER and SPEAKER: Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Bobby Healy, founder and CEO of Manna, a drone delivery company operating in Ireland and the U.K.

BIO: Healy is a self-proclaimed tech guy. He founded Eland Technologies, which he sold in 2003 to SITA.aero. He then built CarTrawler, the world’s largest...

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DroneWaves: Exception management a ‘game-changer’ for drone operations, NASA official says

The ability of regulators to safely and efficiently integrate millions of commercial and pleasure drones into low-altitude airspace will depend on the success of a strategy familiar to virtually everyone in the freight industry: exception management.

That is the view of Parimal H. Kopardekar, the director of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Institute. Keynoting FreightWaves’ DroneWaves Summit on Friday, Kopardekar said that NASA, in refining its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) air...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dronewaves-exception-management-a-game-changer-for-drone-operations-nasa-official-says

DroneWaves: UPS takes aggressive approach with drone airline

Kevin Wasik, Head of Business Development, UPS Flight Forward

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: UPS’ aggressive approach to drones

DETAILS: UPS (NYSE:UPS) has embraced an aggressive approach to deploying drones for delivery services. In 2019, the company created UPS Flight Forward, an FAA-certified drone airline. Flight Forward already has revenue-generating operations in the health care sector. So what does the future hold?

SPEAKER: Kevin Wasik, head of business development, UPS Flight Forward

BIO: Wasik has been with UPS for 14 years. Before becoming the head of...

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