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FedEx To Test Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery with Elroy Air
FedEx and Elroy Air plan to launch test flights of the Chaparral autonomous air cargo system in early 2023.
FedEx may operate Elroy Air's Chaparral autonomous eVTOL vehicle.
FedEx plans to evaluate how it could use Elroy Air's Chaparral autonomous eVTOL vehicle for parcel distribution, carrying up to 500 pounds over distances of 300 miles. (Photo: Elroy Air)

FedEx Express and California-based autonomous VTOL cargo system developer Elroy Air have reached an agreement under which the package delivery giant would test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within its middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations, the companies said Tuesday.

FedEx and Elroy Air have worked together since January 2020 and plan to continue their collaboration to pursue the start of flight testing in 2023.

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