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.
Dennis Winn of Clermont, Florida, was arrested on multiple charges, including a felony charge, of shooting a Walmart delivery drone.
Drones offer various inventory management solutions, including audits, cycle counting and stock taking.
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.
Zipline is growing its presence in the medical space, enabling patients to get their prescriptions delivered by drone.
A new service by the U.K.’s Royal Mail is slated to become the country’s first permanent drone delivery operation.
The Swiss company’s precision dropping system autonomously releases cargo from a few feet in the air when the drone has reached its destination.
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.
Making money was more difficult for the air logistics sector in 2022, but the future remains bright.
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.
A Circuit survey shows that most delivery drivers are concerned about losing their jobs, but they are interested in working with driverless and drone deliveries.
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.
Alphabet’s Wing this week teamed with DoorDash on a limited drone delivery service in Logan, Australia, where it has operated since 2019.
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.
While drones have received plenty of hoopla, there are many questions that need to be answered. Efficient ground transport, though, is a viable and sustainable model for package delivery.
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
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.
A new research paper found that no delivery method can match the energy efficiency of drones or small robots, but package delivery efficiency may be best left to vans.
During Workhorse’s recent earnings call, CEO Richard Dauch discussed the company’s goals for its last-mile drone delivery program.
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.
Self-flying drones from Vimaan will be the eye in the sky for a PFS warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee.
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 explosion of online shopping and our growing global economy makes shipping and delivery more important than ever.
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.
The contract logistics provider said it wants to create the world’s largest air- and ground-based security robotics fleet.
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.
FedEx Express will test a Chaparral autonomous drone for middle-mile transport of air cargo.
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.
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.
Elroy Air wants to enable same-day delivery to every person on the planet. It’s now one step closer with the reveal of its flagship model.
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.
Drone delivery reached new heights in 2021, and as a result, there was no shortage of interest in the technology.
Don’t be afraid of the drone swarm. It’s just Korean Air’s approach to using several drones at once to visually inspect its aircraft.
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, 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.
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.
In this week’s Drone Disruptors, Modern Shipper talked to Elroy Air CEO and co-founder David Merrill.
