Aerosense, the recently revealed joint venture between Sony and Tokyo-based startup ZMP, is showing off its new product for the enterprise market, and the thing boasts some sturdy numbers. The VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drone allegedly can carry up to 22 lbs, which is roughly the weight of a full-grown poodle, and can zip along at speeds up to 106 MPH, which your poodle wouldn’t recommend. Design-wise, it clearly borrows lines from both consumer quad-copters and from military UAV products.
The introduction of drones that are capable of these kinds of speeds will add to the regulatory dialogue, but the appeal to logistics is enormous – more deliveries, more profit.