German Postal Service Delivers First Package Using Drone
Deutsche Post demonstration heralds a vision of things to come.
On Monday Deutsche Post joined Amazon and others who are counting on drones as a goods and packages delivery solution of the future. The delivery company DHL, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post, used a drone to deliver a package of medicine from a pharmacist in Bonn to the company headquarters located across the Rhine river. For more on this story click here.
For more on drone technology check out this story by our colleagues at Government Technology - 3 Groups that Raced for the Drone Finish Line Before Amazon
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