DroneUp acquires AirMap: combining global airspace management with DroneUp’s network, fleet, and infrastructure. Tom Walker, DroneUp’s CEO, doesn’t do things by halves. DroneUp has grown swiftly as a drone services provider; developing proprietary software, infrastructure, and a robust, well-trained pilot network. They’ve been instrumental in defining the boundaries of what …
Read More »Coke, DroneUp and Walmart Team Up on Launch
image courtesy Coca-Cola Company The world’s largest retailer is actively pursuing drone delivery, exploring residential delivery applications all over the country. This week, beverage giant Coca-Cola is teaming up with drone services provider DroneUp and Walmart to launch the new Coca-Cola with Coffee – delivering samples to residents of Coffee …
Read More »Walmart Drone Delivery Hub Pea Ridge AR
Hu Nhu, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pea Ridge, AR, is a beautiful little town renowned for lovely scenery and Civil War history. If local Planning Commissioners approve tomorrow, Pea Ridge will also be the site of a Walmart drone delivery hub. The Walmart drone delivery hub will be the site of …
Read More »Walmart Gifts Holiday Drone Light Show Throughout December
Source: Walmart “Attention, Walmart shoppers – check out the drone light show.” Retail giant Walmart is launching a holiday drone light show in eight store locations throughout December. The event, described by a press release as a “magical experience that brings the joy and wonder of the holiday season to …
Read More »Drone Delivery of COVID-19 tests to your home
The current crisis is providing the opportunity for historic – potentially paradigm-shifting – new projects. Retail giant Walmart has announced another new drone delivery project: one that brings the capabilities of drone technology during a crisis right to people’s doorstep. DroneUp, Quest Diagnostics, and Walmart have partnered on drone delivery …
Read More »Walmart Drone Delivery: New Partnership with Zipline
Image: Zipline Walmart drone delivery programs advanced today with the announcement that the retail giant has partnered with drone delivery heroes Zipline. Zipline operates the world’s largest – and first broadly implemented – drone delivery network. Zipline has been operating medical delivery services in Rwanda and around the world. They’ve …
Read More »Walmart’s New Patent: A More Realistic Application for Drone…
picture: Sven, CC by-SA three.zero Most drone trade gamers working in the direction of drone supply can agree: these functions could also be a good distance off within the US, resulting from laws that don’t but permit for common flight past line of sight or in extremely populated areas. But Walmart’s …
Read More »Drone Delivery: The Winners and Losers
wp-image-43139″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-1024×506.jpg” alt=”delivery drone” width=”328″ height=”162″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-1024×506.jpg 1024w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-300×148.jpg 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-768×380.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px”/>Drone delivery is big news, with drones delivering everything from blood platelets to burritos. While drone delivery has been a hot topic in the drone industry for sometime, there aren’t many companies who are making it …
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