As Alphabet’s Wing wants to fly millions of small packages by 2024
Japan Post is closer to realizing its ambition of delivering letters – like actual, physical letters – by drone. It’s futuristic and retro all at once.
The postal service announced [PDF in Japanese] its drone delivery plans in December 2022, revealing that it had teamed with a local drone-maker named ACSL that offers a craft with level four autonomy and the ability to carry payloads of up to five kilograms (about 11 pounds).
ACSL yesterday revealed it had been awarded an airworthiness certificate for that craft and is permitted to use it for out-of-sight flights in inhabited areas. Test flights are planned later this month.
