The state-owned company Russian Post, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation, has postponed indefinitely the launch of permanent cargo delivery routes by helicopter-type drones, according to two informed sources. Russian Post itself declined to comment on this information.
It is known that in 2024, as part of the Unmanned Cargo Delivery project, the state-owned company was supposed to develop 7 drone flight routes in Yamal and 21 in Chukotka. At the same time, the operation of parcel delivery drones could begin before the end of this year.
In 2021, Russian Post announced its planned cooperation with the drone manufacturer Aeromax. A test cargo delivery was carried out in the spring of 2023. The route was entrusted to a drone developed by specialists from Russian Helicopters. Russian Post posted a video on its YouTube channel of a delivery drone in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.