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Image courtesy of Zipline Last week, drone delivery service Zipline announced $190 million in new financing, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.2 billion dollars.  In the world of commercial drones – or any startup – that’s a big number, and a big achievement.  With drone delivery not yet fully implemented …

image courtesy Zipline It’s been quite a week for drone delivery.  The FAA announced that Wing had received the first ever airline carrier for drones authorization, which would open the doors to commercial package delivery in the United States. Now, global drone delivery heroes Zipline, who established a ground-breaking medical …

As companies are working to integrate Drones into the US commercial airspace,  Drone delivery company Flirtey has moved this forward by conducting its first drone flights in Reno, Nevada, as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned (FAA) Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program on September 12.  It is one of …

Yesterday’s announcement of the chosen individuals in the UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) was thrilling information for the state, native, and tribal governments listed.  It was excellent news for the know-how companions named on these packages.  And it was excellent information for Amazon, Google and different stakeholders in drone supply …

CA-based mostly drone supply pioneer Zipline has partnered with the Tanzanian authorities to ship vital and life-saving medicines to over 1,000 well being services.  The program, which can serve 10 million folks throughout the nation with as much as 2,000 drone deliveries per day, would be the largest drone supply service …

When it involves drone supply, Amazon has not been in need of concepts – or patents.  Since launching the drone supply mission, Amazon has give you patents for bird-house like docking stations, drones hitching rides on the backs of vehicles and buses, large floating warehouses, and folding drone designs.  The firm …

Zipline, the CA startup that has deployed the first medical drone delivery program in Rwanda, announced that is has raised $25 million in venture capital funding.  Investors included Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital; the recent funding round brings Zipline’s total funding to $43 million. The Rwandan government has partnered with …

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 …