DHL Supply Chain has completed its first deployment of an autonomous vehicle in live airport traffic at Heathrow, safely completing 1300km of autonomous driving in 14 days.
The project builds on DHL’s Strategic Partnership with Heathrow, through which the business has provided baggage logistics and support services since 2020.
By leveraging autonomous vehicles and AI, the project aims to assist the Aviation industry in understanding how it can unlock a sustainable and scalable logistics solution with an innovative, long-term approach.
Ahead of deployment, the autonomous vehicle, driven by Oxa’s self-driving software, undertook a series of installation exercises at Heathrow, ensuring safety and enabling the vehicle to integrate seamlessly into the complex airside environment. The vehicle ran autonomously on the first day of the project, requiring no specialist modifications or accommodations. Its performance was continually optimised throughout the two-week period, resulting in all performance and safety benchmarks being met.
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“There are huge opportunities to modernise airport supply chains with intelligent, self-driving vehicles that improve the entire customer experience. We are delighted to partner with DHL in order to support the use of autonomous vehicles within airside operations at Heathrow and around the world – working towards fully automated airside logistics at scale.” – Gavin Jackson, CEO, Oxa
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