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AERIAL

VEHICLES

INLOGISTICS

ADHLPERSPECTIVEONIMPLICATIONSAND

USECASESFORTHELOGISTICSINDUSTRY

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Preface1

PREFACE

FlightoffancyorafascinatingnewfeatureofmodernInexploringsuchanintriguingtopic,thisreportis

living?Somedoubtthatourskieswilleverbefilledwithlikelytoraiseissuesandquestionsformanyreaders.

pilot-lessaerialdevices.OtherssaythatthisfuturewillThereforeDHLwarmlyinvitesyoutovisittheDHL

beoursverysoon.Indifferentways,bothopinionsareInnovationCenterinGermanywhichshowcases

closetothetruth.provenUAVtechnologies.Pleasecomeand

discussyourneedsandjointdevelopment

Thistrendreporttakesafullygroundedlookattheroleopportunitieswithus.

ofthesedevicesinournear-future.Itdealswithcurrent

capabilitiesandcircumstances,exploringthepositive

potentialaswellastheexistinglimitationsof‘unmanned

aerialvehicles’(UAVs),alsoknownasdrones–butthisYourssincerely,

reportdeliberatelyavoidsthename‘drones’asithas

someprofoundlynegativeconnotations.

Todaythereisplentyoftalk(andperhapstoomuch

blue-skythinkingandhype)aboutcivilapplications

forUAVs,butactualusecasesaresurprisinglythin

ontheground.

Threeimpactsareatworkhere–technological

capability,regulatorypressure,andpublicacceptance–

andthisreporthighlightstheinterplaybetweenall

threeincurrentapplicationsdrawnfromvarious

sectors,includingthelogisticsindustry.MatthiasHeutgerDr.MarkusKüc