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Drone Delivery Canada announced last week that it has partnered with plumbing and HVAC distributor Wolseley Canada to collaborate on a potential drone delivery solutions to expand Wolseley's distribution capabilities.
DDC said that using its platform, the collaboration will involve developing, prototyping and testing a customized depot-to-depot solution and depot-to-customer solution in Wolseley Canada's supply chain. If the development and testing go well, both parties intend to negotiate a definitive partnership agreement once government legislation is enacted, with that timeframe estimated to be between Q4 of this year and Q1 of 2018. DDC will cover its own costs and expenses for development and testing.
“We believe that we are the only drone delivery company in Canada to successfully achieve Beyond Visual Line of Sight testing and are very pleased to announce this agreement with Wolseley Canada, one of the leading plumbing and HVAC/R distributors in Canada," DDC CEO Tony Di Benedetto said. "As drone payloads increase, we think drone deliveries will radically improve on-time delivery."
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