Recently when a live-fire exercise was in session between the Australian,US and other troops, a number of highly autonomous drones successfully carried out more than 380 drop missions to the front lines that included blood and other medical supplies to the troops. These drones were designed by a startup called zipline and were part of the Defense Innovation Unit and the Naval Medical Research Center’s Naval Advanced Medical Development who were demonstrating the capabilities of their drone technology that could aid during the war. the zipline drones carried out over 461 sorties throughout the day and night and successfully dropped 381 supply packages with the help of small parachutes. These are not the first of the unmanned vehicles that were used to deliver cargo during a crisis. However, these are very compact and easy to handle compared to the previous unmanned helicopters Kmax which was used until 2015. Read More>>