{"id":158409,"date":"2023-02-18T10:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/autonomous-cargo-drone-airline-dronamics-reveals-its-raised-40m-pre-series-a"},"modified":"2023-02-18T10:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:24:25","slug":"autonomous-cargo-drone-airline-dronamics-reveals-its-raised-40m-pre-series-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/autonomous-cargo-drone-airline-dronamics-reveals-its-raised-40m-pre-series-a","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it\u2019s raised $40M, pre-Series A"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. It\u2019s here where the economic savings could be most significant. Large, long-range drones built specifically for cargo have the potential to be faster, cheaper and produce fewer CO2<\/sub> emissions than conventional aircraft, enabling same-day shipping over very long distances. In fact, the \u201cflying delivering van\u201d is considered the holy grail by many cargo operators.<\/p>\n

In this space there are a number of companies operating, and these include: ElroyAir<\/a> (California, raised $56 million), hybrid electric, VTOL, so so therefore short range; Natilus<\/a> (California, funding undisclosed) uses a blended wing body, and is a large, longer-term project entailing probably quite high costs in certification and production; and Beta<\/a> (Vermont, $886 million raised), which is an electric VTOL.<\/p>\n

Into this space, out of Bulgaria (but HQ\u2019d in London), comes Dronamics<\/a>. The startup has already attained a license to operate in Europe, and plans to run a \u201ccargo drone airline\u201d using drones built specifically for the purpose. Dronamics claims its flagship \u201cBlack Swan\u201d model will be able to carry 350 kg (770 lb) at a distance of up to 2,500 km (1,550 miles) faster, cheaper and with less emissions than currently available options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. It\u2019s here where the economic savings could be most significant. Large, long-range drones built specifically for cargo have the potential to be faster, cheaper and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,39,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-economics","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}