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Amazon

Amazon Had Two Days To Answer 8 MK30 Safety Questions. It Didn't

DroneXL sent Amazon Prime Air eight written questions about its 83-pound MK30 drone. Saturday's deadline passed with no answers as Amazon plans 500 cities.

Haye KestelooSep 6

Zipline

Zipline Drone Ends Flight On Houston Highway The Way Amazon's Can't

A Zipline delivery drone came down under its parachute onto Highway 6 in Cypress on Friday. No injuries, no damage, no calls to police, and no cause yet.

Haye KestelooSep 5

Amazon

Amazon's 83-Pound MK30 Heads To 500 Cities: Parachute Shmarachute

Amazon would not put anyone on the record about the MK30 at Commercial UAV Expo. Its 83-pound drone has no parachute and is headed for 500 US cities.

Haye KestelooSep 3

Delivery

Cleveland Clinic's Drone Pharmacy Runs 20 Deliveries A Week

Cleveland Clinic's Zipline prescription drone service is flying about 20 deliveries a week from four aircraft in Beachwood, with charging room for 12.

Haye KestelooAug 31

The Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone on display at XPONENTIAL Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany

Drone Delivery

Amazon's Pool Drop Shows Why Zipline Is Winning Drone Delivery

An Amazon MK30 dropped a package into a Texas pool. Zipline's tethered droid and parachute designs show why the 83-pound drone keeps missing.

Haye KestelooAug 22

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drone deliveries a day by the end of 2029, roughly 230 times Zipline's current global rate, while Part 108 sits unpublished at OIRA.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

Delivery

Cleveland Clinic Prescription Drones Go Live As Zipline's U.S. Deliveries Hit 70% Of Its Daily Volume

Cleveland Clinic and Zipline completed their first prescription drone deliveries in Beachwood, Ohio, as Zipline says U.S. flights now top 70% of its daily volume.

Haye KestelooAug 7

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

BVLOS

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

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