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Amazon Drone Delivery Tallahassee: Mid-November Launch
Amazon Prime Air aims to start MK30 drone delivery in Tallahassee by mid-November, with up to 21 drones and a 7.5-mile range. Here…
Portland Drone Hub Moratorium: 11-0 Vote Targets Amazon
Portland's council voted 11-0 on Oct. 14, 2026 to start a possible moratorium on drone delivery hubs. Here is what it changes for…
Zipline Drone Delivery Live in Round Rock, 5,000 Spots
Zipline drone delivery began in Round Rock, Texas on Oct. 9, 2026, with 5,000 early-access spots. Here's who can order, what it co…
Amazon Prime Air Eyes Australia, Posts CASA Approvals Job
Amazon Prime Air is hiring a Head of Regulatory Approvals in Australia to win CASA sign-off for its MK30 drone. Here's what the jo…
Wing, Walmart Drone Delivery Hits Denver, Seattle in 2027
Wing and Walmart will launch drone delivery in Denver and Seattle in 2027, expanding toward 270 Walmart stores and 40 million US c…
Amazon Drone Hub: 3 Massachusetts Lawmakers Demand Pause
3 Massachusetts lawmakers asked Amazon to pause its Westborough drone hub on Sept. 29, 2026, a day after the state sued the FAA ov…
DoorDash Air's New Drone Lands Chipotle, Popeyes (2026)
DoorDash unveiled its own six-propeller delivery drone at Dash Forward 2026, with pilot flights for Chipotle and Popeyes starting…
15 States Sue FAA Over Drone Delivery Rules (2026)
15 states and a Texas county sued the FAA on Sept. 28, 2026, saying its drone delivery environmental review overlooked noise, safe…
Lowe's Launches Drone Delivery: Tools in 20 Minutes
Lowe's is now the first US home improvement chain offering drone delivery, using Wing and DoorDash to get tools and paint to your…
Matternet Unveils M3: 11-lb Drone, 10-Mile Range
Matternet unveiled the M3 autonomous drone delivery platform on Sept. 28, 2026: 11-pound payload, 10-mile range, new dock, and a 2…
AED Drones Cut Cardiac Arrest Response to 5 Minutes
A Paris-area simulation of 28,349 cardiac arrests found drone-delivered AEDs reach 95% of patients within 5 minutes, versus just 3…
Drone Delivery in 2026: How It Works, Cost & Coverage
Drone delivery in 2026: how Amazon, Wing, Zipline, and DoorDash actually work, what deliveries cost, and how to check if the servi…
Amazon Drone Noise Sparks Revolt Before 500-City Rollout
Texas residents describe Amazon delivery drones as a flying beehive as noise complaints mount ahead of its planned 500-city US exp…
Flytrex Drones Now Predict Your Order Before You Do
Flytrex's rooftop drone docks and AI positioning system now predict food orders before they're placed, cutting delivery costs 60%…
Vantis BVLOS Network Tests Medical Drone Delivery
CVS and Thales flew live BVLOS drone demos on Vantis, North Dakota's statewide network, testing medical delivery and crop-spraying…
Zipline Nears $20B Valuation in New $1B Funding Round
Zipline is in talks to raise about $1 billion at a $20 billion valuation, nearly tripling its worth as US drone delivery scales pa…
Zipline Answers 30 Drone Safety Questions, Amazon Won't
Zipline answered 15 of 30 written drone safety questions from DroneXL on September 16, 2026 — Amazon Prime Air and Wing missed eve…
Zipline Asks FAA for 220,000 Texas Deliveries a Day
Zipline has filed a draft FAA environmental review seeking approval for 220,000 drone deliveries a day across five Texas metros —…
Amazon Seeks CAA Approval for Town-Wide UK Drone Delivery
Amazon has flown 500+ Prime Air deliveries in Darlington and wants CAA approval to cover the whole UK town — a key test case for w…
Amazon's MK30 Drone: 8 Safety Questions Unanswered
DroneXL sent Amazon 8 written questions about the MK30's missing parachute and crash record ahead of its 500-city rollout — Amazon…
Zipline Drone Parachutes Onto Texas Highway, No Injuries
A Zipline delivery drone deployed its parachute onto a Houston-area highway on Sept. 4, 2026 after a midflight issue — no injuries…
A2Z's Longtail Dual: BVLOS Drone Survives Battery Loss
A2Z's new Longtail Dual drone keeps flying if one battery fails, a redundancy built for FAA BVLOS waivers and EASA SORA urban dron…
Drones Deliver Ford Parts in Michigan: First US Program
Blueflite and Jack Demmer now fly Ford parts 12 miles across Metro Detroit by drone, a $740,000-funded first that sidesteps the FC…
Airbound Raises $37M for Delivery Drones That Beat Trucks
Bengaluru startup Airbound raised $37M and will fly 10,000 daily drone deliveries across Andhra Pradesh, India, aiming to beat tru…