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Flytrex unveiled its new Sky2 delivery drone on Thursday, and the headline number is the payload: 8.8 pounds (4 kg), enough to carry two large pizzas, bread bites, and sodas in a single trip. That is roughly enough food for a family, which is the line Flytrex has been chasing for years. The previous Sky…
Amazon Prime Air begins first UK drone deliveries in Darlington under a CAA trial: 100-package daily cap, half the flight rate originally pledged.
Barclays published research on Wednesday arguing that autonomous food delivery, driven by sidewalk robots and drones, could cut per-order costs to roughly $1 in the long term. The British bank sees about $16 billion in unlocked annual profit across the global food delivery industry if penetration reaches projected levels, as Yahoo! reported. For the drone…
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase, used his annual letter to shareholders, released April 6, 2026, to call explicitly for the United States to rapidly develop and produce drones domestically, and to announce a $1.5 trillion, 10-year initiative that names drones as one of five priority investment areas. The full letter…
Daniel Riley of RCTESTFLIGHT built a 41-inch variable pitch quadcopter using belt-drive reduction and fixed-RPM motors, measuring 18.1 g/watt in hover flight.
Amazon Prime Air brought its MK30 delivery drone to XPONENTIAL Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany last week, where I spent considerable time with a company representative discussing the aircraft’s design. I came away with more questions than answers. The MK30 stands roughly five feet tall with a wingspan of about five and a half feet, weighs…
Zipline has closed an additional $200 million on top of its Series H round, pushing the total to $800 million, TechCrunch reported. The new capital includes participation from crypto investment firm Paradigm and arrives ahead of schedule. “Things have moved a little faster than we expected,” CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton said in a video posted…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick visits Zipline’s South San Francisco factory as the $7.6B drone leader makes a play for American drone dominance. Explore how domestic manufacturing and 125M autonomous miles are shaping U.S. trade and tech policy in 2026.
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