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Drone Delivery in 2026: How It Works, Cost & Coverage
Drone delivery in 2026: how Amazon, Wing, Zipline, and DoorDash actually work, what deliveries cost, and how to check if the servi…
Zipline Nears $20B Valuation in New $1B Funding Round
Zipline is in talks to raise about $1 billion at a $20 billion valuation, nearly tripling its worth as US drone delivery scales pa…
Zipline Answers 30 Drone Safety Questions, Amazon Won't
Zipline answered 15 of 30 written drone safety questions from DroneXL on September 16, 2026 — Amazon Prime Air and Wing missed eve…
Zipline Asks FAA for 220,000 Texas Deliveries a Day
Zipline has filed a draft FAA environmental review seeking approval for 220,000 drone deliveries a day across five Texas metros —…
Zipline Drone Parachutes Onto Texas Highway, No Injuries
A Zipline delivery drone deployed its parachute onto a Houston-area highway on Sept. 4, 2026 after a midflight issue — no injuries…
FAA Noise Test Ranks Amazon's Delivery Drone Loudest
FAA noise testing found Amazon's Prime Air drone hits 88 decibels at 50 feet, louder than Wing (84 dB) and Zipline (79 dB). Here's…
Uber Eats Adds Zipline Drones, Targets 1M Daily Flights
Uber invested in Zipline to launch Uber Eats drone delivery in Houston and Dallas this year, aiming for 1 million daily drone flig…
Zipline Drone Delivery Surges 13X, Hires Ex-Tesla CFO
Zipline's US delivery marketplace grew 13X in early 2026, passing 2.5 million flights as the company hires former Tesla, Waymo and…
Cleveland Clinic Launches First US Drone Rx Delivery
Cleveland Clinic will fly prescriptions to patients' homes via Zipline drones this summer, the first US health system to offer it…
Drones in Medicine: How UAVs Are Saving Lives
From blood deliveries in Rwanda to defibrillators in Sweden and organ transplants in the US, drones are now vital allies in health…