SF pins hopes on unmanned aircraft

Chinese logistics firm SF Express has unveiled an ambitious development plan that hinges on full-scale drone deliveries including utilization of large unmanned freight aircraft.

The delivery company signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Monday with the developers of the AT200, the world's largest transportation drone with a metric ton-level capacity.

The homegrown aircraft is 11.84 meters long and 4.04 meters high, with a cargo space of 10 cubic meters, a carrying capacity of 1.5 tons and a flight range of more than 2,183 kilometers.