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Render of a blue blueflite tiltrotor cargo drone with four rotors and fixed wings

Drone Delivery

Michigan Ford Dealer Flies Auto Parts By Drone On $740,000 Grant

Jack Demmer Ford launched a state-funded drone parts delivery network in metro Detroit, flown by an aircraft that cleared both the FAA and the FCC Covered List.

Haye KestelooAug 26

Zipline delivery drone hovering above a wooden front porch after lowering an Uber Eats bag to the deck

DRONE DELIVERY

Uber and Zipline Target 1 Million Drone Deliveries a Day, 230 Times Today's Rate

Uber and Zipline aim for one million drone deliveries a day by the end of 2029, roughly 230 times Zipline's current global rate, while Part 108 sits unpublished at OIRA.

Haye KestelooAug 17

La Vista Police Department drone, as more than 1,000 agencies gain FAA clearance for Drone as First Responder flights

DFR

FAA Cleared Over 1,000 Agencies for Drone First Responder Flights in 10 Months, and the Full List Is Now Public

A FOIA release names 1,000+ agencies the FAA cleared for drone first responder flights in 10 months, more than in the previous seven years combined.

Haye KestelooAug 7

A delivery drone lowering a medical package by tether, shown for illustration

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DOT Says the BVLOS Delay Is Deliberate, and Zipline Warns the Uncertainty Freezes Drone Investment

DOT chief of staff Pete Meachum says the BVLOS rule was slowed deliberately to avoid technology lock-in. Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton warns the uncertainty freezes drone investment. Part 108 is six months past its deadline and under White House review.

Haye KestelooAug 1

Federal Aviation Administration headquarters building in Washington, DC

Drone Delivery

FAA Clears Drone Delivery's Environmental Path Nationwide, Overriding 17 State Attorneys General

The FAA signed a nationwide FONSI for Part 135 drone delivery, setting a 1,150-flight hub cap and 600-foot setback while 17 state AGs demanded a full EIS.

Haye KestelooJul 31

Close-up of the white and red DoorDash delivery drone body

Part 135

DoorDash Just Became An Airline, And The Video Shows A Bigger Drone Than It Will Admit

DoorDash earned FAA Part 135 certification and launched DoorDash Air. The company says aircraft details come later, but its own video already shows the airframe and the propulsion testing.

Haye KestelooJul 29

Flytrex

Flytrex Handed Order Routing To Nash, And The Drone Became One Lane Among Many

Flytrex integrated Nash's routing engine across all its Dallas-Fort Worth sites. Nash now decides which orders fly and which go to a human courier.

Haye KestelooJul 29

Wing delivery drone flying above palm trees

Drone Delivery

Wing Launches Walmart Drone Delivery In Orlando, Two Years After DroneUp Quit Florida

Wing opened its first Florida market with Walmart in Greater Orlando today, in a state where Walmart's previous drone delivery program shut down in 2024 when the economics stopped working.

Haye KestelooJul 29

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