A UAV including a wing attached to a fuselage body, a rotatable cargo bay in the fuselage body, the cargo bay having an entrance for receiving the payload, an actuator in the fuselage body operable to rotate the cargo bay about a pivot axis into a first position where the entrance of the cargo bay is positioned above the fuselage body to allow for entry of the payload into the cargo bay, and the cargo bay extends through an opening in an upper surface of the fuselage body, rotatable into a second position where the entrance of the cargo bay is positioned within the fuselage body during transport; and rotatable into a third position where the entrance of the cargo bay is positioned below the fuselage body to allow for exiting of the payload, and the cargo bay extends through an opening in a lower surface of the fuselage body.

A base module may be used to receive and house one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) via one or more cavities. The base module receives commands from a manager device and identifies a flight plan that allows a UAV to execute the received commands. The base module transfers the flight plan to the UAV and frees the UAV. Once the UAV returns, the base module once again receives it. The base module then receives sensor data from the UAV from one or more sensors onboard the UAV, and optionally receives additional information describing its flight and identifying success or failure of the flight plan. The base module transmits the sensor data and optionally the additional information to a storage medium locally or remotely accessible by the manager device.

The UAV system has one or more UAVs and an operating device. The operating device is connected to the UAVs through wireless communication. The management method includes: generating a plurality of position cells; prioritizing a plurality of OD pairs and generates a delivery sequence; output one or more route information according to the position cells and the delivery sequence; and transmitting the route information to one or more UAV. Each of the position cells has a cell type and a cell cost.

A delivery device to deliver a product from an aerial location includes a body defining a payload holding region. The delivery device may further include a coupling mechanism configured to couple the body to a primary vehicle. The delivery device may further include a control feature configured to change a flight characteristic of the body. A method for delivering a product may include positioning a first unmanned aerial vehicle within a threshold distance of a delivery location. The method may further include releasing a second unmanned vehicle from the first unmanned aerial vehicle once the first unmanned aerial vehicle is within the threshold distance. The method may further include causing the second unmanned vehicle to reach the delivery location. The method may further include activating a delivery mechanism to release the product from the second unmanned vehicle to deliver the product to the delivery location.