Quickstep to manufacture Dronamics Black Swan cargo drones
The Australian aerospace composites business will supply engineering and manufacturing services to ramp up annual cargo drone production in the next four years.
Black Swan cargo drone. Photo Credit: Dronamics
(Sofia, Bulgaria), a middle-mile cargo drone developer and operator, and Quickstep Holdings Ltd. (New South Wales, Australia), a Tier one manufacturer and the largest independent aerospace composites business in Australia, are working together to accelerate the production of the European company’s Black Swan cargo drones.
The non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) requests that Quickstep supply engineering and manufacturing services to support Dronamics. With the first units landing in 2023, the long-term plan targets the ramp-up of production of hundreds of Black Swan cargo drones annually in the next four years.
Dronamics recently became what is says is the first cargo drone company to obtain a European drone airline license, and is gearing up to launch commercial operations in Europe before the end of this year before entering Australia in 2023.
“Quickstep shares Dronamics passion for innovation and this is an exciting partnership. We are delighted to be taking their Black Swan aircraft from prototype to production,” Mark Burgess, Quickstep chief executive officer (CEO), says. “The Dronamics solution could well revolutionize the middle-mile cargo delivery sector and this partnership gives Quickstep the opportunity to provide our engineering and manufacturing expertise into delivering a large, sophisticated cargo drone. This is also a great opportunity to advance the Australian aerospace sector, something we are very passionate about.”
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