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Prime Air

Amazon Drone Crash In Darlington Draws AAIB Case Before December CAA Verdict

An Amazon MK30 crashed into a Darlington garden on July 29. The AAIB opened an accident inquiry as the CAA weighs the trial's December renewal.

Haye KestelooAug 17

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drone deliveries a day by the end of 2029, roughly 230 times Zipline's current global rate, while Part 108 sits unpublished at OIRA.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

A Valqari delivery drone with black carbon-fiber arms sits atop the company's white smart delivery station outside a Northwestern Medicine building

Drone Delivery

Valqari VQ1600: Eight Weeks To Build, Zero Failed Deliveries

Valqari CEO Ryan Walsh rebuilt his delivery drone in eight weeks after the original couldn't handle Northwestern Medicine's specimen boxes — and the VQ1600 kept the hospital program's record perfect across 303 packages.

Rafael SuárezAug 13

Prime Air

Amazon Prime Air's UK Bet Faces A December CAA Verdict

Amazon's first drone delivery operation outside the United States flies from Darlington under a CAA trial permission that expires at the end of 2026. What the British regulator decides in December shapes where Prime Air flies next in Europe.

Rafael SuárezAug 7

Yellow quadcopter delivery drone hovering against a clear sky while lowering a white parcel box on a winch line

Drones for Good

Everdrone AED Drone Beats the Ambulance in Sweden, and a Bystander Restarts a Man's Heart

An Everdrone drone delivered a defibrillator before the ambulance at a Borås cardiac arrest. A bystander shocked the man's heart back, and he survived.

Haye KestelooAug 7

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

Greg Reverdiau presents this week's UAS news update covering the World Cup counter-drone operation, Spokane wildfire drone incursions, and DoorDash Air.

FAA

700 Drones Seized at the World Cup as DoorDash Air Wins FAA Approval: This Week in Drone News

More than 700 drones seized at the FIFA World Cup, Spokane wildfire incursions ground firefighting aircraft, and DoorDash Air wins FAA Part 135 approval.

Greg ReverdiauAug 7

A quadcopter drone hovering in a blue sky above a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue truck with its light bar in the foreground

Drone Delivery

Tampa General Will Fly Whole Blood to Trauma Scenes by Drone

Tampa General Hospital and Hillsborough County Fire Rescue are set to launch the nation's first EMS-driven drone program flying whole blood to trauma scenes in under three minutes, covering 70 square miles of Hillsborough County starting this October.

Rafael SuárezAug 4

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