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Arizona · Drone Delivery

Amazon Drones Drop Packages Where State Law Calls It a Crime

Ten states restrict dropping objects from aircraft more tightly than the FAA. Amazon's MK30 is the only delivery drone that releases packages in flight.

Haye KestelooSep 2012 min read

Walmart

Walmart and Wing Plan Drone Deliveries in Maricopa

Walmart is moving drone delivery into seven new markets, and Maricopa, Arizona is confirmed on the list. The company announced the expansion in early June 2026, naming Wing as its delivery partner for the greater Phoenix area push. No launch date exists yet. The whole project sits in the pre-application phase right now, working through…

Rafael SuárezJun 25

Walmart

Phoenix Joins Walmart’s Drone Delivery Expansion

Phoenix is on the list. Wing and Walmart named seven new metropolitan areas this week for the largest drone delivery network in the country, and Arizona’s capital sits among them. The rollout is phased, with operations across the new markets targeted by 2027. For Phoenix shoppers, it points toward a near future where a tube…

Rafael SuárezJun 11

Skydio

LOC8 Plus Skydio Run Coconino’s AI Search Engine

The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in Flagstaff, Arizona is using the latest AI-capable Skydio drones with the LOC8 G2 image-analysis platform to compress search and rescue photo review from thousands of drone images down to about twenty per mission. The agency also works with a Scotland-based company to build environment-specific AI models for Northern Arizona…

Rafael SuárezMay 25

Department of Defense

Knightwerx Leaves California, Plants Flag in Scottsdale

Another defense tech company has made the call on California. Knightwerx, a tactical drone developer that built its name making compact military UAS, has moved its headquarters from Camarillo to Scottsdale, and it’s already hiring, as Hoodline reported. The move drops the company squarely into the Phoenix metro’s expanding defense manufacturing corridor just as it…

Rafael SuárezMay 12

Amazon

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

NASA

NASA’s Dragonfly Octocopter Hits Three Build Milestones Ahead of 2028 Titan Launch

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft is no longer a render. Over the past two months, the team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has bolted together the lander’s primary structure, dropped a full-scale parachute system over the Arizona desert, and finished testing the laser inside the science payload that will sniff Titan’s surface for the…

Rafael SuárezApr 27

DJI

DJI Upgrades SkyPixel Winner To A Mavic 4 Pro After US Customs Swallows Her Original Prize Drone

DJI upgraded SkyPixel winner Joanna Steidle from Mavic 3 Pro to Mavic 4 Pro after US Customs stranded her original prize, routing the replacement through Europe.

Haye KestelooApr 22

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