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Dronamics' Black Swan Cargo Drone Completes First Flight Test
Cargo drone start-up Dronamics says it has successfully completed the first flight of its flagship aircraft, the Black Swan.
A Dronamics Black Swan cargo aircraft takes flight
Dronamics has successfully flown its Black Swan autonomous cargo freighter for the first time. (Photo: Dronamics)

Cargo drone developer Dronamics says it has successfully completed the first flight of its flagship aircraft, the Black Swan. The remotely piloted cargo freighter took off from Balchik Airfield in northeast Bulgaria and flew for 10 minutes and 30 seconds, reaching an altitude of 2,000 feet. 

The UK-based start-up aims to both produce and operate a fleet of cargo drones that will reduce the cost of shipping to and from remote areas. “We don’t only want to create a new type of cargo drone. We need it to be cheaper to produce and to operate than existing ways of doing so,” Dronamics co-founder Svilen Rangelov told FutureFlight. 

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