In Australia, Australian mail services hopes to develop and generalize little parcels delivery by drone in years to come. During AFR Business Summit that has taken place in March in Sydney, Ahmed Fahour (Australian Post CEO) has affirmed the staff was currently testing little parcels delivery (a maximum of 1,2 kilograms) thanks to drones. Australian Post has the support of civilian aviation in order to guarantee the security of the customers.
Designed by ARI Labs and remote piloted thanks to a high definition camera direction, this new kind of delivery could be particularly useful for country person whose houses are far from their letter box. The delivery driver could start the drone from the place he/she is parked to do a fifteen kilometers flight.
The Australian Post CEO declared "Although this project is fascinating, we take the security very seriously. The drone delivery will be officially declared when we will be 100% sure our system is reliable".
The current tests will be done over a two-weeks period? The objective is to deliver about fifty addressees twice a week. To reassure Australian people, Australia Post explains that drones will be equipped of a parachute, an alarm and a light. For now, ARI Labs engineers need to supervise the drone trajectory but they hope they will be able to automatize this part of the process in years to come.