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Elroy Air tops $2B in purchase demand for Chaparral drone with LCI deal

11 January 2023

Much attention has been directed toward Walmart, Amazon Prime Air and Alphabet subsidiary Wing’s forays into drone delivery — perhaps rightfully so given some of the things those companies have built in the past. But looking beyond drone delivery’s trio of titanic names, other firms are subtly carving out their own sizable presence in the space.

Take, for example, South San Francisco-based Elroy Air, which on Wednesday announced that it now has more than $2 billion worth of orders for Chaparral,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elroy-air-tops-2b-in-purchase-demand-for-chaparral-drone-with-lci-deal

Elroy Air to deliver 100 cargo drones to Bristow Group

13 July 2022

Houston, we have liftoff.

Bristow Group (NYSE: VTOL), a Houston-based vertical flight services provider that operates drone delivery services in the region, has signed a letter of intent with drone firm Elroy Air to pre-order 100 of its autonomous, hybrid-electric Chaparral aircraft.

Bristow plans to use the Chaparral to move time-sensitive cargo for logistics, health care, energy and other applications. It will be the first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone dedicated to cargo to be...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elroy-air-to-deliver-100-cargo-drones-to-bristow-group

FedEx Express to test autonomous aircraft

30 March 2022

FedEx to test Elroy Air autonomous drone

FedEx Express will test an autonomous air cargo aircraft in 2023, the company said Wednesday. Elroy Air, which has partnered with FedEx since January 2020, will supply the drone.

“FedEx was built on innovation and we are always looking toward new technologies to help enhance the logistics industry through improved safety, efficiency and customer service,” said Joe Stephens, senior vice president of global planning, engineering and technology at FedEx Express. “We look forward to continued...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-express-to-test-autonomous-aircraft

Elroy Air unveils fully autonomous Chaparral aircraft

26 January 2022

For many consumers, delivery in more than two days simply doesn’t cut it anymore. The consumer in 2022 wants things the next day, the same day or even within the hour, but delivering on that expectation can be difficult for road- or rail-based vehicles, which are restricted to the paths that have been built for them.

“There is a lot of increasing pressure on logistics,” explained Dave Merrill, CEO of aerial delivery...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elroy-air-unveils-fully-autonomous-chaparral-aircraft

Elroy Air, AYR Logistics partner to use drones for humanitarian aid

17 November 2021

Elroy Air partners with AYR Logistics to deploy drones to deliver humanitarian aid

One of the biggest barriers to global humanitarian aid efforts is and has always been access. There’s only so much an organization like the United Nations can do when up against bureaucratic restrictions, thefts of humanitarian assets in transit and, crucially, weak transportation infrastructure.

“More than a billion people are disconnected from reliable roadways,” Kofi Asante, vice president of strategy and business development for drone maker Elroy Air, told eVTOL.com. “That means if you were...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elroy-air-ayr-logistics-partner-to-use-drones-for-humanitarian-aid

Drone Disruptors: DroneDek’s mailbox of the future

8 October 2021

Drone Disruptors: DroneDek and the mailbox of the future

Welcome to this final installment of Drone Disruptors. So far, Modern Shipper has sat down with four CEOs from four of the most dynamic startups in the drone delivery space. Each brings something unique to the industry: Flytrex wants to bring drones to your backyard; Volansi envisions being a fly on the wall; Matternet seeks to fly in cities; and Elroy Air prefers to fly between them.

Read: Drone Disruptors: Elroy Air and the cargo droneRead: Drone Disruptors: Matternet is taking cities into the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drone-disruptors-dronedeks-mailbox-of-the-future

Drone Disruptors: Elroy Air and the cargo drone

1 October 2021

Welcome back! In the first two parts of the Drone Disruptors series, we took a look at Flytrex’s backyard drone delivery and Volansi’s ecosystem of drones and autonomy. In the most recent installment, we got to hear about Matternet’s vision of drones zipping between the skyscrapers of the world’s biggest cities.

Read: Drone Disruptors: Matternet is taking cities into the skiesRead: Drone Disruptors: Volansi’s autonomous drone ecosystemRead: Drone Disruptors: Flytrex is bringing drones to your...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drone-disruptors-elroy-air-and-the-cargo-drone

Elroy Air raises $40M for specialized military logistics drone

4 August 2021

Elroy Air’s autonomous, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft, the Chaparral, has caught the attention of investors, including Lockheed Martin.

That company’s venture capital arm and others were involved in Elroy Air’s Series A raise announced on Wednesday. The company reported it had closed on $40 million in financing from Marlinspike Capital, Prosperity7 Ventures and Lockheed Martin Ventures, with participation from Catapult Ventures, DiamondStream Partners, Side X Side...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elroy-air-raises-40m-for-specialized-military-logistics-drone