{"id":13725,"date":"2019-09-10T12:40:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13725"},"modified":"2019-09-10T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:41:00","slug":"flirtey-unveils-future-of-drone-delivery-at-national-press-club-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/front-page-slider\/flirtey-unveils-future-of-drone-delivery-at-national-press-club-in-washington-d-c\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Flirtey Unveils Future of Drone Delivery at National Press Club in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Flirtey unveiled the Flirtey Eagle this week, the world’s most advanced drone delivery technology, with Senator Cortez Masto (D-NV) at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The company has released the much-anticipated first video<\/a> of its next-generation delivery drone performing consumer and automated external defibrillator (AED) deliveries to customer homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flirtey Founder and CEO, Matthew Sweeny.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“We are thrilled to now reveal Flirtey’s\nindustry-leading technology to the world. We expect Flirtey’s advanced drone\ndelivery system will become the industry standard in America,” said\nMatthew Sweeny, Flirtey Founder and CEO. “Flirtey’s technology has unique\ncapabilities unavailable from any other aircraft manufacturer to enable first-movers\nto capture market share in their industries. Flirtey’s latest technology makes\nlife-saving and commercial drone delivery to homes in the United States an\nimminent reality.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Flirtey Eagle Enables Faster Delivery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flirtey’s system is designed to safely get packages to\ncustomers with the delivery goal of less than 10 minutes using drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flirtey’s Advanced Technology Enables Autonomy and Scalability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft designer and manufacturer unveiled the\nFlirtey Eagle, an advanced delivery drone; the Flirtey Portal, a sophisticated\ntakeoff and landing platform that enables scalable store-to-door operations;\nand an autonomous software platform that enables drones to deliver safely to\nAmerican homes. Among the principal notabilities of its advanced technology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Flirtey’s aircraft is designed to operate in 95%\nof wind and weather conditions, making it highly reliable for flight<\/li>
  • “If it fits, it flies.” The Flirtey\nEagle is designed to fit 75% of packages that get delivered to its customers’\nhomes during last-mile deliveries<\/li>
  • The Flirtey Eagle safely and precisely delivers\nits contents by lowering a tether, while the drone is suspended in air, and\nonce the package is delivered, it then retracts the tether<\/li>
  • Flirtey’s aircraft is controlled by its\nautonomous software platform, which has received Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) approval for the first multi-drone delivery operation in\nthe United States, enabling a single remote pilot to simultaneously oversee ten\nFlirtey drones<\/li>
  • Flirtey’s Portal is a sophisticated takeoff and\nlanding platform that fits into one parking space, making its infrastructure\neasily scalable to the company’s partners for store-to-door delivery<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Flirtey ‘s Technology is Designed for Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Flirtey’s drone delivery technology has been developed\nfrom the ground up, originating from NASA’s drone program. Flirtey Founder and\nCEO Matthew Sweeny has brought together a team of aviation industry veterans\nfrom NASA, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and SpaceX, as well as military veterans\nfrom the army, navy, and air force. The Flirtey Eagle builds upon the advanced\ntechnologies developed for Flirtey’s previous generation aircraft that\nconducted the first Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved drone\ndelivery in the United States, which is going on display alongside the Wright\nFlyer in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.\nFlirtey’s goal is to not only meet, but to surpass the rigorous safety\nstandards of the FAA. Flirtey’s regulatory approvals include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Approval to conduct multi-drone delivery\noperations, enabling a single remote pilot to simultaneously oversee ten\nFlirtey drones<\/li>
    • Approval to conduct drone delivery flights\nbeyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), enabling Flirtey to conduct drone delivery\noperations with a pilot controlling the flights from a remote location<\/li>
    • Approval to conduct drone delivery flights at\nnight, making drone delivery accessible at any time<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Flirtey’s Market Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Flirtey, a privately held company, is laser-focused on\nits mission to save lives and improve lifestyles by making delivery instant for\neveryone. Flirtey’s privacy-driven core values position the company as\ncommunity friendly and as the leading independent alternative to its larger\ncompetitors. The company estimates that last mile drone delivery is over a $100\nbillion market globally with current technology. Autonomous drone delivery will\nreduce the cost of last mile delivery, which represents 53% of the total cost\nof delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Along with improving lifestyles by delivering on-demand\nperishables and goods, Flirtey drones take delivery vehicles off the roads,\ngreatly lessening CO2 emissions from our atmosphere and increasing the overall\nsafety of the transport system. Flirtey and the City of Reno were selected into\nthe FAA and Department of Transportation’s highly competitive Unmanned Aircraft\nSystem (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP), in which only ten locations in\nthe U.S. were selected to participate. Within the IPP, Flirtey and the City of\nReno have partnered with REMSA, local emergency medical services provider, to\ndeliver AEDs to those in need. Flirtey’s AED delivery technology has the\npotential to save 150,000 lives per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Based on demand from customers, Flirtey expects demand to\noutstrip supply initially. Flirtey’s drone delivery system was designed from\nthe outset to meet the anticipated high demand. Flirtey’s aircraft is made in\nthe U.S.A. Flirtey technology is protected by more than 25 patents issued and\npending in the U.S. and worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Flirtey is on course to conduct drone deliveries to U.S.\nhomes as early as 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Flirtey unveiled the Flirtey Eagle this week, the world’s most advanced drone delivery technology, with Senator Cortez Masto (D-NV) at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The company has released the much-anticipated first video of its next-generation delivery drone performing consumer and automated external defibrillator (AED) deliveries to customer homes. “We are thrilled to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flirtey-Eagleedit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13729,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13725\/revisions\/13729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}