Turing Registry · TR-01018

HOP 7

Delivery drones. Operated by Drift Couriers.

Summary

Small delivery drones carrying parcels up to 5 kg within 5 km of a hub in Alderwater.

License conditions

  1. Flies only in corridors approved by the aviation authority.
  2. Never flies directly over gatherings of people.
  3. Cameras face downward for navigation only; imagery is not kept.

The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:

  • 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
  • 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
  • 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.

Filing history

  1. Licensed for delivery drones.

  2. Renewal filed and approved with no change to scope.

  3. Renewal filed and approved.

  4. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  5. Human contact changed. Valentina De Vries now answers for the system.

  6. Renewal filed and approved.

  7. Renewal filed and approved.

  8. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  9. Renewal filed and approved.

  10. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  11. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  12. Investigation opened after a disability advocacy group raised concerns about step-free boarding.

  13. License revoked after the operator modified the system’s ethical constraints without review.

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