A long-promised service has launched out of a Walmart Supercenter in Mesquite, Texas: Zipline drone delivery.

As the Southeast attempts to return to normalcy in the wake of Hurricane Helene and prepare for Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall near Tampa, Florida, Wednesday night, drone operators are filling a critical niche in disaster response and recovery.

Wing delivery drones will soon collect orders from Serve Robotics’ autonomous sidewalk robots, forming an autonomous, multimodal delivery network.

California-based A2Z Drone Delivery has launched a suite of autonomous drone docks — portable or permanent sites where drones charge and pick up or drop off packages, with no human interaction.

Walmart will launch drone delivery in Dallas-Fort Worth this month, offering 30-minute delivery via their app, expanding their service to 1.8 million households with partners Zipline and Wing.

Walmart partner DroneUp can now fly drones beyond the visual line of sight.

Alphabet’s drone delivery service is working on a larger drone design that will be able to handle orders that currently need more than one drone to handle.

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Walmart’s latest drone news could be a huge steppingstone for delivery drones in the United States.

Major advances from two drone companies move the industry forward.

Sean Cassidy led Amazon Prime Air’s safety, flight operations and regulatory affairs. His departure costs the firm a key relationship with the FAA.

The flight follows Zipline’s FAA approval to remove visual observers from its drone delivery operations, opening up longer routes and becoming accessible to more customers.

Drone manufacturer Elroy Air names its new aircraft a turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft — hVTOL for short — and claims it’s the first of its kind to fly.

The Utah Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division released a report on how drones, electric air taxis and other new aircraft may fit into the state’s skies.

Zipline is growing its presence in the medical space, enabling patients to get their prescriptions delivered by drone.

Wing gives an inside look into its expansion as drone delivery becomes more widespread.

The latest FAA approval for Zipline could mean a huge step forward in drone delivery.

Nearly 5,000 civilian pilots may be providing false information — or excluding it — during their medical examinations in order to continue flying, according to the FAA.

Walmart has announced a partnership with Wing, the drone delivery arm of Google parent Alphabet, to deliver quick meals, groceries, household essentials, over-the-counter medicines and more to residents through the air.

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