News & Analysis
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Independent coverage of drone delivery regulation, operators, technology and business — updated daily.
OPERATORS
Wing: Alphabet’s drone delivery programme, eight years on
Wing began as a project inside Google X in 2012. It is now one of the largest commercial drone delivery operators in the world, with active operations in Australia and the United States. A factual profile based on public sources.
OPERATORS
Zipline: how a medical drone company built the template for an industry
Zipline launched its first blood delivery operation in Rwanda in 2016. Today it operates across multiple continents. A factual profile of the company that has done more than any other to demonstrate what commercial drone delivery can look like at scale.
REGULATION
Remote ID: what it is, what it requires, and what drone operators need to know
The FAA's Remote ID rule became enforceable in September 2023. Here is a complete guide to what it requires, who it applies to, and how it changes the operational landscape for commercial drone delivery.
TECHNOLOGY
How drone delivery actually works: from hub to doorstep
A complete technical guide to the operational architecture of commercial drone delivery — the aircraft, the infrastructure, the airspace coordination, and what happens between order and arrival.