drone commercialization

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Drone systems operator American Robotics gets milestone approval and waiver from the FAA.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

A new report from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University identifies which states are best prepared for commercial drone adoption.

Mainstream commercial use of small unmanned aircraft for a variety of applications, including package delivery, is around the corner. New FAA regulations create a pathway for drones to operate safely with fewer limitations.

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Drones can speed up delivery times dramatically, but for the technology to be commercialized, a number of regulatory hurdles need to be cleared.