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Aerial view of Port Gallice marina and yachts along the French Riviera

Flyde Beluga

Flyde Starts $57 Drone Delivery to French Riviera Yachts on August 1

Flyde will launch drone deliveries from Port Gallice to yachts anchored off the French Riviera on August 1, carrying up to 17.6 pounds by winch for $57 per flight.

Rafael SuárezJul 30

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

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Zipline Walmart Drone Parachutes Into Greenville, Texas Street, Landing Feet From A Parked Truck

A Zipline delivery drone flying for Walmart deployed its emergency parachute over a Greenville, Texas neighborhood on Sunday, July 26, and drifted down onto a residential street near Roy Warren Parkway and Joe Ramsey Boulevard, coming to rest about three feet from a parked pickup truck. Nobody was hurt, and a Walmart employee showed up quickly…

Haye KestelooJul 27

Zipline Platform 2 drone delivering a package

Delivery

Cleveland Clinic Puts Zipline Drones On Prescription Runs

Cleveland Clinic will fly prescription medications to patients' homes this summer using Zipline drones from its Beachwood campus, serving a 5-mile radius at no extra cost.

Rafael SuárezJul 13

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

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Zipline, BayCare Launch Florida Medical Drone Network

BayCare will build a drone delivery network with Zipline across Florida’s Tampa Bay region, with the first flights scheduled for late 2027. The partnership puts lab samples, medications, and critical supplies in the air between hospitals and straight to patients’ homes. Service starts in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater area, then expands. It runs on the same…

Rafael SuárezJul 2

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Zipline To Fly Bobby Flay Meals Across Texas For Wonder

Wonder and Zipline announced a partnership this week that will put restaurant meals from Bobby Flay, Marcus Samuelsson, Tejas Barbecue, and Di Fara Pizza into the Texas sky. Drone deliveries start in January 2027 in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, the same corridor where DroneXL has tracked Zipline’s Walmart expansion city by city since 2025. Wonder…

Rafael SuárezJul 2

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Zipline Adds Austin to Texas Drone Delivery Push

Zipline plans to expand its autonomous drone delivery service to Austin later this year, making it the California company’s third Texas market in under 12 months. Dallas-Fort Worth launched in August 2025. Houston followed in April 2026. Austin is next, and the pace of this rollout tells you more than any single city announcement. Zipline…

Rafael SuárezJun 24

FAA's Bold BVLOS Proposal: End Waivers, Ignite U.S. Drone Innovation Boom

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FAA Blew Past Its Own Part 108 Deadline, and the Fight Over Who Yields in the Sky Is Why

The headline you keep reading is that drone pilots will fly beyond visual line of sight “within a year or so.” That framing is already out of date. The deadline for a final Part 108 rule was February 1, 2026, set by President Trump’s June 2025 executive order, and that date came and went months…

Haye KestelooJun 18

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