drone delivery

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

Deregulatory priorities within the Trump administration could throw a wrench in federal agencies’ rulemaking pipeline.

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.

What will it mean for a consumer drone manufacturer from China to enter the delivery drone market on a global scale?

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.

ASL Aviation has several airlines that support express delivery companies and e-commerce retailers. It plans to serve them with drone delivery too.

The Mountain View, California-based drone delivery firm announced an array of new software and hardware updates.

Outlining the next phase of its development, Wing revealed its new approach to fully autonomous urban drone delivery networks.

Amazon may face an Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit in the coming months, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Just as Amazon Prime Air drone delivery was beginning to gain momentum, the service was hit with another setback.

Having obtained a milestone Standard Part 135 Air Carrier Certification, Flytrex is ready for takeoff.

Cargo drone manufacturer and delivery provider Elroy Air hit a new high after signing a deal with Dublin-based LCI.

See how Walmart — quickly becoming one of the biggest names in drone delivery — and its network fared in 2022.

In yet another drone-related patent filing, Ford is looking at flying within aerial corridors above roads.

The e-commerce giant’s long-awaited drone delivery service finally got off the ground on Christmas Eve.

Walmart and DroneUp continued to expand their drone delivery footprint this week with launches in three new states.

The Government of Rwanda will enlist Zipline to be able to make autonomous deliveries to the nation’s entire population.

Matternet drones will begin flying a 7-minute route in Zurich, Switzerland, in one of the world’s largest beyond visual line of sight pilot programs.

Drone delivery provider Matternet is ready for takeoff after receiving a milestone Production Certificate from the FAA this week.

After launching commercial services in California and Texas, Amazon Prime Air came out with a new delivery drone design.

Delivery drones are showing their last-mile value on a mission to hard-to-reach customers on Sanibel Island, Florida.

Medical drone deliveries

DroneDek and A2Z Drone Delivery are integrating DroneDek’s “mailbox of the future” with A2Z’s Rapid Delivery System drone solution.

Joby will work with Delta to build a service that uses autonomous drones to take passengers to and from the airport.

Atoke, a town of 3,000 people nestled in the Choctaw reservation in southeast Oklahoma, used to be home to herds of buffalo and bison (there is in fact a difference). Now this reservation, a hidden 11,000-square-mile parcel of land, has become one of the largest drone delivery testing sites in the world, according to FreightWaves’ Jack Daleo. 

Medical drone delivery specialist Zipline began flying commercially in Utah this week after months of testing.

On a reservation in rural southeastern Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation is building the future of drone delivery.

Conventional wisdom says that drones are best for small-payload deliveries, but Sabrewing would beg to differ.

Together, Valqari and IDU Group are building urban drone infrastructure all the way from the sidewalk to the roofs of skyscrapers.

Wing has made more than 250,000 global drone deliveries, but the company remains in the early stages of its evolution.

Ranking the best (and worst) states for drone delivery in 2022

When it comes to drone delivery, some states are better prepared than others. Here are all of them ranked.

Manna, an Ireland-based drone delivery company, will soon expand into the U.S. and mainland Europe.

Delivery radius expands from 1 to 2 nautical miles

Los Angeles-based A2Z Drone Delivery has introduced a flexible new delivery system that can handle up to 22 pounds of payload.

Ford is experimenting with a system that would allow drones to be controlled autonomously from delivery vans.

Amazon must complete 7,000 test flights as part of a federal regulatory requirement for durability and reliability.

The high-tech mailbox from DroneDek handles both traditional mail and drone deliveries.

Flytrex can now reach 100,000 eligible customers after the FAA signed off on doubling its delivery radius.

College Station will join Lockeford, California, as one of Amazon’s earliest U.S. drone delivery test markets.

Drone delivery provider Zipline adds yet another health care company to its list of delivery partners.

Wing, the drone delivery arm of Alphabet, is laying out flight plans with an array of advanced aircraft prototypes.

Bay Area-based Elroy Air just signed another agreement to deliver an order of its Chaparral aircraft.

The world’s largest retailer filed a patent that would combine two of last-mile delivery’s latest innovations: drones and robots.

Drone delivery firm Zipline launched a commercial service in North Carolina less than a week after obtaining a historic FAA certification.

Amazon announced that some 3,500 residents in the town of Lockeford, California, will be the first eligible customers to receive packages delivered by drone within 30 minutes

Zipline received an FAA Part 135 air carrier certification that gives it the largest commercial drone delivery radius in the U.S.

Germany’s Wingcopter, known for using drones to deliver medical supplies, is headed for a new frontier — grocery.

After enduring years of setbacks, Amazon’s drone delivery program is finally ready for takeoff.

Alphabet-backed Wing is hoping to expand its drone delivery service in Virginia through the introduction of a public delivery zone.

Proposed network would be world’s largest commercial drone deployment

Flytrex, which operates drone delivery services in North Carolina and Texas, will deliver ice cream from Unilever’s The Ice Cream Shop.

Walmart announced it will add drone delivery to 32 locations in six states this year with partner DroneUp.

Wingcopter is partnering with Continental Drones Ltd. on what would be the world’s largest commercial deployment of delivery drones.

Pilot brings drone delivery to Purdue University’s Alexander Field

French automaker Renault is developing a hybrid last-mile delivery model that would deploy drones and e-bikes from delivery vans.

Drone pilot programs continue to pop up, but Amazon is generally not among those receiving attention as its program has reportedly stalled. What can be learned from the slow rollout of Prime Air?

Israel-based drone delivery company Flytrex will deliver subs from Jersey Mike’s to customers in a North Carolina town.

Drones delivered hot dogs and chips to hungry baseball fans as part of a pilot by Levy, Valqari, USOG and Purdue Athletics.

Manna, an Ireland-based drone delivery company, plans to bring its service to the U.S. and mainland Europe.

Long considered a technology of the future, drones are steadily carving out a niche in the final mile.

Wing, the drone delivery subsidiary of Alphabet, launched a commercial drone delivery service that may have implications for the last mile more generally.

Drone company and restaurant partner Brinker International launch delivery service in Granbury

Alphabet subsidiary Wing will deliver products from Walgreens and other retailers to customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

Revived Soldiers Ukraine placed an order for up to 200 drones from Canada-based Draganfly

Flytrex is now delivering chicken wings via drone in Texas as it expands its test programs with Brinker International’s It’s Just Wings brand.

Medical Response Drones from Draganfly will be used to deliver lifesaving medical supplies like blood and wound care kits.

Swoop Aero, Skyports and BD Rowa are joining forces to integrate drones into pharmaceutical and health care supply chains.

A report from an FAA committee on line-of-sight rules may push drone delivery to new heights.

Germany’s Wingcopter struck a deal with aerial medical services company Spright to deliver medical supplies to underserved areas of the U.S. via drone.

DroneUp CEO Tom Walker sat down with Modern Shipper to discuss his company’s expanding delivery business, including its partnership with Walmart.

Straight from the mouths of executives at Flytrex, DroneDek, Zipline and Draganfly, here are predictions on where drone delivery will be in five years.

The drone delivery company gets a big boost in North Carolina, where it now covers about 10,000 households with its delivery service.

The FAA has greenlighted the Drone Racing League to take the lead on drone safety as the first-ever UAS event organizer and the newest member of the agency’s Partnership for Safety Plan.

In some drone delivery consolidation, DroneUp acquired digital airspace and automation company AirMap and its airspace traffic management technology.

DroneDek CEO Dan O’Toole spoke to Modern Shipper about his pleas to the FAA and how drones can solve the supply chain backlog.

Drone developer Wingcopter has received an investment from Japan’s Drone Fund as it nears announcement of a series B funding round.

DroneDek, maker of the smart mailbox, signed a deal with Indian manufacturing conglomerate BEL to start distributing smart receptacles around the globe.

The Drone Racing League and Draganfly are launching DRL Labs, a testing ground for automation, sensor technology, AI and other drone tech.

Zipline is known for its work providing humanitarian assistance to remote communities, and it’s now coming to Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

Drones have suddenly been thrust into a crucial position in the humanitarian supply chain, and Elroy Air is the latest company to use drones to deliver aid.

The backyard drone delivery company just completed its third expansion in the state and is nearing airplane certification from the FAA.

Regional operator Mesa Air Group will begin testing last-mile drone delivery in a partnership with manufacturer Flirtey.

Wing, the drone delivery subsidiary of Alphabet, just announced a partnership with Walgreens to deliver in densely populated areas.

The Singapore-based advanced aerial mobility company wants to fly humans around in autonomous, hydrogen-powered passenger drones.

In this final Drone Disruptors, Modern Shipper spoke with Chairman and CEO Dan O’Toole of DroneDek, the maker of the mailbox of the future.

FedEx Express has completed the first drone delivery as part of a monthlong test in Ireland, moving a package from Shannon Airport to Foynes Port in under 13 minutes and cutting nearly 40 minutes from a vehicle delivery route.

In this week’s Drone Disruptors, Modern Shipper talked to Elroy Air CEO and co-founder David Merrill.

Modern Shipper spoke to Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos about his vision to bring drone delivery to cities around the world.

Engineers and designers of the Wing delivery drone share insights into the aircraft’s development and the overall mission for the company in a new video.

In the second installment of Drone Disruptors, Modern Shipper sat down with Volansi CEO Will Roper.

For this first installment of Drone Disruptors, a series about the movers and shakers in the world of drone startups, Modern Shipper sat down with Flytrex CEO Yariv Bash.

Commercial drone highways are gaining traction, but not everyone thinks they’re the way forward.

A2Z Drone Delivery is adding a dual-drop commercial drone to its tether deployment system, giving last-mile drone delivery a boost.

College campuses are bastions of learning, community, debauchery and … robots?

DHL’s delivery drone had been in the works since 2013, but it’s been scrapped.

Like it or not, drones are entering your airspace across the United States, and they’re delivering a wide range of merchandise

South Korea-based Pablo Air finds a new U.S. testing ground.