Hummingbird Technology under SF was established in 20 17 and 202 1 12. Hummingbird Technology finally passed the various reviews of the Civil Aviation Administration, and finally passed the review and was approved for commercial trial operation of the feeder logistics drone. After approval, the Hummingbird Science and Technology Award will first carry out feeder logistics and transportation services in Yulin and other places in the northwest.
According to the relevant contents of the business license issued by Hummingbird Technology, the business scope of Hummingbird Technology includes not only general air freight, but also aviation prospecting, aerial photography, ocean monitoring, fishing flight, air inspection and other businesses.
In addition, on June 24, 65438, the test flight of SF "Certificate" 560 aircraft at Ezhou Huahu Airport was completed, which also marked the completion of the school flight plan of Ezhou Huahu Airport. The results of school flight show that all the subjects of school flight at Ezhou Huahu Airport are qualified.
In the field of terminal drone delivery, Fengyi Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SF Express, announced the completion of hundreds of millions of Series A financing at the end of last year 10/65438+. According to reports, Fengyi Technology focuses on the R&D and operation of terminal logistics drones, and has successively carried out drone logistics services in Ganzhou, western Sichuan, Jinshan and Greater Bay Area. As of 202 1, Fengyi UAV has safely operated nearly one million sorties.
Whether it is a large manned transport aircraft or a terminal delivery drone, or the highly anticipated commercial trial operation license of the first domestic feeder logistics drone, it has become the key for SF to build a three-stage air transport network. The industry also believes that SF's layout in the field of air transportation far exceeds that of other domestic logistics enterprises.
If the large manned transport aircraft represents the past and the present, then the foothold of large unmanned aerial vehicles in the freight field represents the future of the logistics industry. Therefore, in recent years, the market layout of UAV logistics has become more and more urgent.
Compared with traditional air transportation, UAV transportation has unique advantages, especially in remote rural areas. UAV flight is not limited by the terrain on the traditional transportation route. At the same time, the distance of UAV flight route is shorter than that of traditional highway transportation line, which is suitable for emergency parts distribution.
According to the Analysis of Market Situation and Development Prospect of China Logistics UAV Industry in 20021released by Forward-looking Industry Research Institute, at present, the application of domestic logistics UAV is mainly at the end of express delivery in rural and remote areas, and it is gradually expanding to scenes such as internal management of large warehouses and long-distance feeder transportation.
Consulting agency Frost &; According to Sullivan's data, in 2023, the global urban air logistics transportation market is expected to reach 46 billion US dollars, of which the China market will reach 20.7 billion US dollars, accounting for about 45%, and it is expected to become the largest market in the world. In this market, SF, JD.COM, Rookie, Postal Service, Zhongtong and Dayun are all competing for layout.
65438+1On October 25th, when SF's "three-stage air transport" became a hot topic in the industry, new news came from the drone project of Jingdong Logistics. According to the disclosure of Jingdong Logistics, the "Jingting" self-rotating rotor branch logistics drone independently developed by Jingdong Logistics has recently carried out flight tests of related airworthiness projects, including three heavyweight subjects: road take-off, night flight and off-site transition.
It is reported that the "Jingtang" rotor feeder logistics drone has a maximum take-off weight of 500 kg, a maximum commercial load of 1.20kg, covers material distribution within a radius of 450km, has short take-off and landing capability, and does not depend on the airport runway.
Jingdong Logistics pointed out that this means that the aviation logistics of Jingdong Logistics Branch will be able to get rid of the restrictions of airports and runways, and can take off and land by relying on the temporary landing points around the warehouse to solve the rapid transportation needs of a large number of goods from the storage center to the sorting center, or from the sorting center to the distribution station.
Jingdong Logistics also revealed that it is expected to bring corresponding logistics services to towns and villages in remote areas in the second half of this year after obtaining airworthiness permits.
In addition to the "Jingting" self-rotating rotor feeder logistics drone, Jingdong Logistics has long been deployed in the field of terminal small drones, and has participated in the transportation of disaster relief materials many times in recent years. At the end of 2020, JD.COM JDY-800 "Jinghong" cargo fixed-wing UAV successfully carried out cargo inspection flight at Feng Ming General Airport in Zigong, Sichuan, and achieved phased results in the logistics UAV test of JD.COM Branch.
The rookie also started the layout of drone transportation as early as a few years ago. On 20 15, rookie sET up et logistics laboratory, focusing on the research of automation technologies such as unmanned warehouses, unmanned vehicles and drones.
Based on the research and development in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, the rookie unmanned helicopter once helped Shishan Longjing Tea Garden to transport tea from mountain to mountain, and participated in the express delivery of 20 19/6 18. At that time, the rookie unmanned helicopter flew from Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province to xiuying port, Haikou, Hainan Province with a logistics container, with a total distance of 32 kilometers and a time of 25 minutes.