Part 108 · 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.
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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million drone deliveries a day by the end of 2029, roughly 230 times Zipline's current global rate, while Part 108 sits unpublished at OIRA.
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DARPA Hands Out Half Prizes, A Drone Saves A Life In Sweden, And The FCC Weighs Banning Your DJI Drone
In this week's US drone news update, I cover the DARPA Lift Challenge results, a drone-delivered defibrillator that saved a man's life in Sweden, and the FCC proposal that could pull already-approved DJI drones like the Mini 5 Pro and Air 3S off the shelves.
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.
Flytrex
Flytrex Handed Order Routing To Nash, And The Drone Became One Lane Among Many
Flytrex integrated Nash's routing engine across all its Dallas-Fort Worth sites. Nash now decides which orders fly and which go to a human courier.
Drone Delivery
Wing Launches Walmart Drone Delivery In Orlando, Two Years After DroneUp Quit Florida
Wing opened its first Florida market with Walmart in Greater Orlando today, in a state where Walmart's previous drone delivery program shut down in 2024 when the economics stopped working.
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