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Zipline, the world’s largest drone delivery service, now has a quieter fleet, thanks to a breakthrough from its engineering team: sound-optimized dynamic flying. In an industry first, Zipline’s autonomous drones now use onboard sound modeling to optimize in real time for quiet flying. Continue reading
Rantizo, Inc., an emerging provider of advanced drone technologies and services, announced the unveiling of its new fixed-wing surveillance drone prototype, expanding the Company’s unmanned aircraft portfolio into aerial intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and monitoring applications. Continue reading
China just flew 33,615 drones in perfect formation, painting a floating parallel world across the sky and locking in three new Guinness records for swarm scale, pattern size, and aerial LED display. Continue reading
)n 18 October 2026, the drone show presented amazing formations, including a giant peacock, the Indian national flag, a lion and Lord Shiva, created using hundreds of points of light in the sky. Continue reading
Portland City Council made the first step last week toward restricting aerial drone delivery services, a system that Amazon has begun rolling out in cities across the country. Councilors voted overwhelmingly to “consider” a moratorium on building facilities that support delivery drones.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has introduced the Nomad 100 fast pack, a containerized vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system (UAS) kit designed to help customers rapidly deploy autonomous air capability from austere and infrastructure-limited locations.
DoorDash says its new drone delivery service could take flight this year without a buzz — literally. Continue reading
DoorDash has unveiled its purpose-built autonomous aircraft powered by DoorDash Air, and outlined plans for an end-to-end drone delivery system with infrastructure and delivery orchestration designed to scale for all local businesses. Continue reading