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

Alphabet’s Wing this week teamed with DoorDash on a limited drone delivery service in Logan, Australia, where it has operated since 2019.

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

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

The California-based robo-delivery company has reportedly reached a valuation of more than $8.5 billion.

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

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.

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.

Wing, which has been testing drone delivery in Virginia, has requested an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration guidelines that would allow it to operate drones remotely rather than from a central command station.

Cavnue, a Sidewalk Infrastructure Labs subsidiary, will build a 40-mile corridor in Detroit featuring dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles.

The Waymo round reflects new consolidation in the self-driving space

FedEx Express [NYSE: FDX] on Friday used an unmanned aerial vehicle instead of a truck for last-mile residential deliveries on behalf of pharmacy retailer Walgreens. The Oct. 18 deliveries were […]

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Drones could someday deliver thousands of packages a day, but who will monitor all this air traffic?

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