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Irish drone delivery firm Manna to launch in US this year

Manna drone delivery

One of Europe’s premier drone delivery firms is ready to take off in the U.S.

Manna, the Irish drone delivery “as-a-service” platform, on Wednesday announced it will expand its service into America by the end of 2022, with a further expansion into mainland Europe slated for 2023.

“Rolling out Manna’s service domestically and internationally has always been part of our strategy. We are delighted that this is going to be achieved,” Bobby Healy, CEO and founder of Manna, said of the expansion....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/irish-drone-delivery-firm-manna-to-launch-in-us-this-year

Ireland’s Manna looks to bring drone delivery to EU, US

A Manna delivery drone flies over a waiting customer

Dublin-based drone delivery company Manna is planning to expand its service outside Ireland to both the United States and mainland Europe, according to two separate reports. The startup, which primarily delivers food and medicines, plans to fly in the U.S. as early as this year and in Europe as soon as 2023, Manna executives said.

Today, the company’s drones fly in the suburbs of Dublin and Galway. The aircraft, which resemble miniature quadcopters, reach speeds nearing 40 miles per hour and fly...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/irelands-manna-looks-to-bring-drone-delivery-to-eu-us

Without changes, warehouses could ground drone deliveries

Maybe not today, and not likely tomorrow, but one day soon, many Americans will receive their first e-commerce delivery by drone. For residents in select areas of the country – North Carolina, Arkansas and Ohio among others – drones are already making deliveries to the home.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), UPS (NYSE: UPS) and Kroger (NYSE: KR) are among the large retailers and delivery providers that are rapidly scaling up drone delivery tests. Others will soon follow.

But while...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/without-changes-warehouses-could-ground-drone-deliveries

DroneWaves: Delivering everywhere with drones

Bobby Healy and Kevin Hill at the DroneWaves Summit

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The capabilities and economics of drone delivery

DETAILS: A discussion on drone delivery and the economics of the new frontier of transportation.

INTERVIEWER and SPEAKER: Kevin Hill, executive publisher at FreightWaves, and Bobby Healy, founder and CEO of Manna, a drone delivery company operating in Ireland and the U.K.

BIO: Healy is a self-proclaimed tech guy. He founded Eland Technologies, which he sold in 2003 to SITA.aero. He then built CarTrawler, the world’s largest...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dronewaves-delivering-everywhere-with-drones

Manna scores $25M funding round; to be featured on DroneWaves

Drone provider Manna secure funding

In March, residents in Oranmore, Galway, Ireland, started buying the latest Samsung devices, including the Galaxy S21 Ultra phone. For some, the enthusiasm of a new phone was only part of the joy; the delivery of that phone added a new layer of excitement to the purchase.

The devices were delivered by drone.

Working in conjunction with drone-as-a-service company Manna, Samsung is testing drone delivery in the Irish countryside. But phones are not the only thing residents of Oranmore are ordering....

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