With the last mile contributing up to 50% of the cost of deliveries, and trials of various drone delivery systems underway there is a need to fully understand the pros and cons. In this presentation Alexander Mauchle looks at the current state of the art, and asks what is required to make Unmanned Aerial Delivery (UAD) a success.

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ALEXANDER MAUCHLE
CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS
LAST MILE AERIAL DELIVERY
WILL THE DREAM BECOME A REALITY?
THE FUTURISTIC LOGISTICS SEMINAR

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Unmanned Aerial Delivery (UAD)
 Is Unmanned Aerial Delivery (UAD) a realistic
vision?
 If so, what do we need know?
 What enablers are required for UAD to be a
success?
 What successes have we had with
Direct-2-Person Delivery (DelivAir)
 What's next on the horizon?

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The future and last mile delivery
 Up to 50% of delivery cost is in the last mile
 The future is coming, are we ready for it?
 The sky is the next logical step for last mile
delivery. It does not have the same obstacles
as land based delivery
 Consumer delivery urgency is driving the
demand

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ACT NOW OR FORFEIT LAST MILE UAD CONSUMER PRICE IS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR EASE OF USE
PERFORMS BEST IN SUBURBAN & RURAL
DELIVERY
WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT UAD?

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WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW
Three enablers of UAD technology
1. TECHNOLOGY
 Technology needs to answer longevity of flight
question
 Fail safe system design
 Collision avoidance
 Technology to address the criminal aspect

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Three enablers of UAD technology
2. LEGISLATION AND REGULATION
 Unmanned Traffic Management
 Individual countries regulation
 Economics of Swarm management

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Three enablers of UAD technology
3. PUBLIC PERCEPTION
 Public Safety
 Public Privacy

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What is the ultimate “Direct-2-Person”
delivery?

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OPTIONAL BUSINESS MODELS IN THE MARKET FOR UNMANNED AERIAL DELIVERY (UAD)
DIRECT 2 PERSON (DELIVAIR) DIRECT 2 PORT (EXAMPLE DHL – SKY PORT)
http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2016/all/parcel_
ecommerce/successful_trial_integration_dhl_parcelcopter_logist
ics_chain.html

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What's next for UAD
 Business Model refinement:
Direct2Person vs Direct2Port
 Design and development of transition flight
technologies and endurance airframes.
 Collision avoidance systems
 Design and Implementation of dynamic ATC
systems
 Public marketing projects targeted at public
perception

11. 11Commercially confidential
“I truly believe that one day, there
will be a telephone in every town
in America.”
Alexander Graham Bell
“The Americans have need of the
telephone, but we do not. We have
plenty of messenger boys.”
Paraphrase of Sir William Preece

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