Walmart and Alphabet's Wing announced plans to bring drone delivery to the Denver and Seattle metro areas starting in 2027, part of a broader rollout covering more than 270 Walmart stores nationwide. The service currently operates in five metro areas including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth and Orlando, with 14 more markets such as Miami, Los Angeles and the Bay Area planned. The drones fly up to 60 mph carrying payloads up to five pounds, with orders placed through Walmart's app or Wing's own app.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-05
The U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Bavaria says it conducted a live kinetic strike using an Orqa MRM2-10 drone its own soldiers assembled, fitted with a 3D-printed casing and electronic arming device dubbed the 'Dragoon Bomb.' Unit commanders say the explosive payload can be modified with ball bearings for anti-personnel use or shaped charges against light armor, and describe the strike as conducted without contractor or outside unit support.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-04
The U.S. Navy has begun fielding anti-drone laser weapons controlled with Xbox-style game controllers aboard warships, according to Interesting Engineering. The systems have reportedly been used against drones and other threats in the Strait of Hormuz, following earlier testing aboard the USS George H.W. Bush.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-04
Matternet has developed a new last-mile delivery system called M3, featuring a drone capable of carrying up to 11 pounds of cargo and cheaper, simplified dock stations. The company plans to deploy the system commercially in the second half of 2027, with food delivery—including fried chicken—cited as an early use case.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-01
DoorDash revealed its new drone aircraft at its Dash Forward 2026 event, built by DoorDash Labs, the team behind its sidewalk robot Dot. The company says it designed ground logistics, packaging and its Autonomous Delivery Platform software before finalizing the drone itself, sizing the system using historical order data on weight and delivery distance. The drone service, called DoorDash Air, follows a Part 135 air carrier certification the company received from the FAA and announced in July.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
DoorDash is rolling out its drone delivery program, DoorDash Air, starting in Northern California with Chipotle and Popeyes as launch partners. The company says its six-propeller drone is quiet at delivery altitude and that early tests showed restaurant-to-door delivery times averaging under five minutes for eligible orders.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-30
DoorDash announced a text-message ordering feature built on its Ask DoorDash chatbot, letting users request food and complete checkout entirely within a text thread. iOS users in the US can now join a waitlist for the beta, with no confirmed launch date or Android availability yet. The company also revealed northern California as the first test site for its DoorDash Air drone delivery service, working with Chipotle and Popeyes, and said it will expand its paid retail-returns service nationwide in November.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-30
A group of neighbors discovered their homes fell within range of Wing's drone-delivery partnership with Walmart, which can drop items from a catalog of over 2,000 products onto a lawn within about 25 minutes. Rather than order household goods, several neighbors began sending each other single potatoes and bottles of water via the delivery drones, which carry up to 2.7 pounds and fly a roughly six-mile radius.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-30
Amazon has published a job listing for a Head of Regulatory Approvals, Australia, tasked with navigating the country's aviation rules to gain the approvals needed for Prime Air drone deliveries. The role reports to a newly named Leader, Prime Air Expansion – Asia Pacific, and its success will be judged by approvals secured, timelines met, and eventual deliveries to Australian customers.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-28
A visit to Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces mission control room featured commander Robert 'Magyar' Brovdi, who issued a warning to the United States and NATO. The account, published as an opinion piece, details operations inside the drone command center.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-25
Amazon is actively testing drone deliveries in a Dallas suburb and other locations, more than a decade after first proposing the idea. Some customers are pleased with the service, while other nearby residents complain the drones are loud, annoying, and unsettling.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-25
Amazon's Prime Air drones, operating from a distribution center in Richardson, Texas since the city approved the service last December, fly deliveries from 7 am to 8 pm across a 7.5-mile radius. Some nearby residents say the aircraft pass overhead throughout the day producing noise audible inside their homes, while Amazon says such complaints are rare and describes the sound as comparable to a window fan on low.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-25
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