A cargo drone delivering bread, vegetables and construction materials to mountain huts at more than 3,000 metres may sound unusual, but according to South Tyrolean drone company FlyingBasket, it is becoming a recurring logistics operation. During the 2026 summer season, the company carried out 189 flights to eight remote mountain huts, transporting more than 8.5 tonnes of supplies, equipment and waste.

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A drone has completed a remarkable offshore logistics flight in Germany: departing from Norden Airfield, it flew approximately 120 kilometres across the North Sea to an offshore vessel, where it delivered a 10 kg payload. After releasing the cargo, the drone returned to the German mainland. The entire mission covered almost 250 kilometres and took less than three hours.

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A Flylogix drone has completed what the company describes as the first civilian cross-border drone flight from the UK. The aircraft flew from Tingwall Airport on the Shetland Islands to Equinor’s Statfjord B offshore platform in Norwegian waters and then returned to Shetland. The BVLOS mission covered 290 nautical miles (537 km), took 4 hours and 50 minutes, and included a methane emissions survey at the offshore installation.

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