drone delivery

The departure of Sean Cassidy, who led Amazon Prime Air’s safety, flight operations, and regulatory affairs, costs the firm a key relationship with the FAA.

The company’s new H2D200 and H2D250 models run on hydrogen fuel cells and are designed for everything from last-mile delivery to military resupply.

The flight follows Zipline’s FAA approval to remove visual observers from its drone delivery operations, opening up longer routes and more customers.

Kicking things off by delivering Halloween goodies to customers’ front doors, Manna could expand its U.S. service through a partnership with Hillwood Communities.

The alliance represents Zipline’s fourth with a major U.S. health system in 2023, following agreements with Intermountain Healthcare, OhioHealth, and Michigan Medicine.

We address that question and break down news from Amazon, Archer, and more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.

The e-commerce giant launched drone delivery of prescriptions for residents of College Station in a bid to compete with industry titans such as Zipline.

In this edition of Future of FLYING, we touch on drones in the Middle East, Wing’s Dallas drone delivery launch, and more.

The company, owned by Google parent Alphabet, gave FLYING an inside look at its new service outside Dallas as drone delivery gathers momentum in the U.S.

The agency also approved UPS Flight Forward, uAvionix, and Phoenix Air Unmanned for extended operations.