Masiku ano, wochita bizinesi wachidwi waku Indonesia komanso kampani ya Aviation Management ndi Industrial Drone Franchise Company, East West Aeronautical (EWA), adalengeza za ndalama zokwana $200 miliyoni za "Project EWA Expansion," zomwe zidzakulitsa kwambiri luso la Air Cargo Logistics pa Pease International Airport, Portsmouth, NH, kuyambira January 2021.
Kukula kwa EWA kumatsogozedwa ndi kuchuluka kwa katundu wonyamula katundu chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa magulidwe a pa intaneti komanso kuti ogula safuna kudikirira. Njira yogulitsa ndi kugula pa intaneti, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti (e-commerce) ikupita patsogolo. Zogulitsa zambiri zimawulutsidwa ndi mpweya ndikusungidwa kwakanthawi mnyumba yosungiramo katundu (Cross-Dock) mpaka mutagulidwa ndi kasitomala. EWA ikupanga malo ochitira doko ku Pease International, okhala ndi malo otsitsa ndege zonyamula katundu mkati, kunja kwanyengo, ndi malo otsala kuti apange kukula kwa mafakitale ake Areal Drones.
Portsmouth, NH, ndi njira yomveka yopitilira Boston yonyamula katundu. Makilomita 60 okha kuchokera pamalo akulu akulu, mzinda wodziwika bwino wa Portsmouth ndiolumikizidwa ku Boston ndi njanji ndi msewu wapakati ndipo uli ndi doko lowoneka bwino. Zambiri pa Seaport munkhani yotsatira pambuyo pake. Ndege ya Pease ili pamalo apadera; Pease ili ndi imodzi mwamisewu yayitali kwambiri ku America popeza inali nyumba ya United States Air Force 509 Bomb Wing ndipo idasankhidwa ngati malo otsetsereka a NASA Space Shuttle. Pease amatha kuvomereza ndege zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza ndege yayikulu yonyamula katundu yaku Russia ya Antonov 225, yayikulu kuposa 747.
Pambuyo pochita bwino monga Woyendetsa ndege, Woyendetsa Mayeso, Katswiri Woyendetsa Ndege, ndi Woyang'anira Ndege, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa East West Aeronautical, Captain Eric Robinson, tsopano akukula mu Logistics, kuphatikiza chidziwitso chake chaukadaulo ndi kayendetsedwe ka ndege m'zinthu zingapo. Captain Robinson adapeza ntchito yake yoyamba pa Pease AFB ali ndi zaka 14 asanalowe mu Air Force ali ndi zaka 17, akuyenda padziko lonse lapansi, ndikubwerera ku Pease AFB monga wazamalonda atatha zaka 25. Captain Robinson akukambirana moona mtima ndi gulu la osunga ndalama omwe akufuna kuthandizira mapulogalamu a EWA $200,000,000.
Pease ndi eyapoti yayikulu komwe maulendo ambiri owuluka sagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira pomwe Gulu Lankhondo La Air Force lidachoka zaka zapitazo; Air Force Reserves amakhalabe achangu koma amangogwiritsa ntchito kachigawo kakang'ono kamene kankafunika kale. Pokhala ndi malo okwanira kuyimitsa ndege zazikulu, zimangotengera madola 12 kuti muyimitse 747 yanu usiku wonse—ndalama zocheperapo kuposa kuimika galimoto yonyamula anthu kwa maola angapo m’kati mwa galaja yoimikapo magalimoto. Pease ndiwothandiza kwambiri ku ndege zazikulu. Bwalo la ndege limasankhidwa ngati Malo Ogulitsa Zakunja (FTZ) ndi HUB-Z, zomwe zimachepetsa kwambiri ndalama zoyendetsera katundu. Ndi mtengo wake wotsika komanso zolipiritsa, Pease International ndiyokongola kwambiri kwa makasitomala onyamula katundu kuposa ma eyapoti ena akulu amtawuni.
Mawu awa akutsimikiziridwa ndi Executive Director wa Pease International Airport a Paul Brean. Brean adafunsidwa posachedwapa m'nkhani ya Forster.com ya July 2020 "Busier Tsogolo Limene Likuyembekezeredwa ku Portsmouth International Airport." Amakhulupirira kuti ntchito yapadziko lonse yotsika mtengo ndi yotheka, komanso kupanga Portsmouth International Airport ku Pease kunyumba kwa malo oyendetsa katundu wa ndege komanso kunyumba yokonza ndi kukonza ndege.
"Ndife odala kwambiri kukhala ndi mwayiwu, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti titha kubweretsa osachepera 150 ntchito zaukadaulo ndi utsogoleri kudera la New England Seacoast, osaphatikiza ntchito zothandizira zotumphukira," adatero Robinson.
Kupatula zonyamula katundu wa ndege, ma drones a mafakitale a UAV, East West amagwiritsa ntchito luso lake kusinthira ndege zonyamula anthu kukhala ndege zonyamula katundu. "Ndife ochita bwino chifukwa sitidalira njira imodzi yokha yopezera ndalama koma timakhala ndi ukadaulo wambiri," akutero Robinson.
