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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Proposed network would be world’s largest commercial drone deployment

Pilot brings drone delivery to Purdue University’s Alexander Field

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Drone delivery planning in urban environments requires many considerations, including emergency landing zones, no-fly zones, route planning, takeoff and landing sites and governmental regulations.

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

Walmart partners with drone delivery company Flytrex to deliver select items from its stores.