As of 24 o'clock on June 18, Jingdong 618 global mid-year shopping festival amounted to 159.2 billion. Behind the astonishing data, what is hidden is Jingdong’s continuous improvement of its own requirements and the continuous upgrading of the Jingdong industrial chain. As far as technological innovation and upgrading are concerned, Jingdong never lags behind, whether it is the construction of unmanned warehouses or the use of drones, Jingdong has been at the forefront.
On June 19, Liu Qiangdong, CEO of Jingdong, issued a microblogging to announced Jingdong's first heavy-duty drone officially offline.
Liu Qiangdong said that the target payload capacity of heavy-duty drone is 1-5 tons, with more than 1,000 kilometers flight distance, and 100% independent intellectual property right. In addition, on the same day of 618, Jingdong Super Heavy Duty UAV project was formally established, with a target effective payload of 40-60 tons and a flight distance of more than 6,000 kilometers.
In February of this year, Jingdong drones were formally approved to use UAVs to carry out “Logistics Distribution Operational Activities Pilot” in Shaanxi, becoming the first national pilot for drone logistics distribution approved by the National Civil Aviation Administration.
On June 20, Manned Vehicle+ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle cooperative experimental activities were officially launched at Shaanxi Danfeng Airport. On the morning of the 20th, the Cessna 208 aircraft carrying 1 ton of Jingdong logistics cargo took off from Shaanxi Pucheng Airport and landed at Shaanxi Danfeng Airport. Many products were high value-added products and Jingdong Fresh. After the aircraft stopped, the staff quickly transferred the items that were in urgent need of delivery to the Jingdong end drone for loading, and then the formation of the unmanned aerial vehicle took off, quickly flew to the distribution site, and completed the “last mile” distribution work.
