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Amazon drone delivery officially live in California, Texas

It’s official. About half a year after it announced Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, as the inaugural locations for Amazon Prime Air drone delivery — and after nearly a decade of promises, innovations and setbacks — Amazon finally launched its commercial service last week.

David Carbon, vice president of Prime Air at Amazon, shared a LinkedIn post on Christmas Eve revealing the long-awaited news: “First deliveries from our new sites in TX and CA. Couldn’t be prouder of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-drone-delivery-officially-live-in-california-texas

Matternet CEO breaks down drone firm’s watershed FAA approval

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Amazon has been touting the prospect of drone delivery for over a decade now — but where are all the...

DroneDek integrates smart mailbox with A2Z Drone Delivery system

DroneDek drone delivery mailbox

Drone delivery is about much more than just the drone. Just ask DroneDek and A2Z Drone Delivery. 

The two companies, each of which focuses on a different piece of drone infrastructure, on Monday announced a technical integration partnership to combine DroneDek’s smart mailbox with A2Z’s second-generation Rapid Delivery System (RDS2) for drone delivery.

DroneDek’s “mailbox of the future” is a high-tech delivery receptacle featuring a drone charging station, a heated and cooled storage compartment,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dronedek-integrates-smart-mailbox-with-a2z-drone-delivery-system

American Robotics receives new waiver and exemption from FAA

American Robotics drone

Drones could soon be coming to your fleet.

Drone systems operator American Robotics, a subsidiary of Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS), on Wednesday announced that it received a new exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration that will allow it to operate commercial drone support services, like maintenance and inspections, with no limitations on use.

The company was also granted a Part 107 waiver for expanded operations beyond the pilot’s range of sight. With the FAA’s blessing, its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/american-robotics-receives-new-waiver-and-exemption-from-faa

Flytrex grows drone delivery service 150% with new FAA approval

Flytrex delivery drone

Sixty thousand people just became eligible to have chicken wings, submarine sandwiches, ice cream and more air-dropped straight into their backyards.

Israeli drone delivery firm Flytrex, which operates commercial services in both Texas and North Carolina, on Thursday announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the doubling of its delivery radius from 1 to 2 nautical miles. That opens the service up to 100,000 people, a 150% increase over the 40,000 who were previously...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flytrex-grows-drone-delivery-service-150-with-new-faa-approval

FAA certification puts drone firm Zipline in league of its own

Zipline drone delivery package

Drone delivery may have a new ringleader, and it isn’t Amazon Prime Air, despite nearly a decade of promises. Neither is it Google’s drone delivery arm Wing nor UPS’ drone unit Flight Forward.

Bay Area-based Zipline may have leapt past them all. The drone delivery firm on Tuesday received a Part 135 air carrier certification from the FAA that will allow it to fly the longest-range commercial drone deliveries in the U.S. It will begin deliveries spanning up to 26 miles round trip out of its hub...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/faa-certification-puts-drone-firm-zipline-in-league-of-its-own

Amazon Prime Air drone deliveries finally getting off the ground in California

Amazon Prime Air delivery drone

After suffering a series of major mishaps and unfulfilled promises over the past decade and change, it looks like Amazon’s drone delivery service will finally make its U.S. debut in 2022.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Monday announced that some 3,500 residents in the town of Lockeford, California, would be the first eligible customers to receive packages delivered by drone within 30 minutes — free of charge. The service is slated to begin later this year, though Amazon did not specify an exact month...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-prime-air-finally-getting-off-the-ground-in-california

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