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DroneUp Acquires AirMap Drone Operations at Scale

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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