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Amazon Begins First UK Drone Deliveries In Darlington Under A Trial-Only Approval

Amazon Prime Air begins first UK drone deliveries in Darlington under a CAA trial: 100-package daily cap, half the flight rate originally pledged.

Haye KestelooMay 7

Walmart Zipline Drone Delivery Launches in Royse City as 17th DFW Location

Amazon

Drone Delivery Could Unlock $16B in Profits, Barclays Says

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…

Rafael SuárezApr 18

Skydio

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Calls for US Drone Production, Backs $1.5 Trillion Security Initiative

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…

Haye KestelooApr 9

Amazon

RCTESTFLIGHT Builds 41-Inch Variable Pitch Quadcopter That Outperforms Direct Drive on Efficiency

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.

Haye KestelooApr 8

Amazon

Amazon Prime Air MK30 at XPONENTIAL Europe Düsseldorf: A Heavy Drone With a Crash Problem

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…

Haye KestelooApr 2

Zipline

Zipline Adds $200M to Series H, Bringing Total to $800M as Repeat Orders Drive Faster-Than-Expected Growth

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…

Haye KestelooMar 23

Zipline

Lutnick at Zipline: A New Blueprint for the American Drone Economy

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.

Haye KestelooMar 19

Amazon

Amazon Prime Air hosts community meet-and-greet in Tinley Park ahead of Chicago suburbs drone delivery launch

Amazon is bringing its Prime Air drone delivery service to Chicago’s south suburbs this summer, and the company wants to introduce itself to the neighbors first. As Patch reports, a free community meet-and-greet is scheduled for Monday, March 2 at the Tinley Park Convention Center, where residents can see a static MK30 drone up close…

Haye KestelooFeb 26

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