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Walmart is delivering packages by drone to Dallas-area customers in a partnership with DroneUp. [Photo: Walmart]
Walmart Launches Drone Delivery From 11 Dallas-Area Stores
by David Seeley | Dec 15, 2022
You may hear a buzz in the air soon within a mile of 11 Dallas-area Walmart stores, but it's not the sound of an early electric Santa sleigh. It's another sign that commercial drones are becoming more and more a part of our daily lives. The big-box giant has expanded its drone delivery partnership with DroneUp into Texas.
For a $3.99 delivery fee, customers within a mile of each store can order packages and see them drop gently to their yard or driveway on the same day.
by David Seeley |
Nov 30, 2022
A donated liver, kidney, and pancreas took an historic trip on November 15, when they were transported by drone between Lubbock, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio. The drone was actually a single-engine Cessna with an FAA-mandated pilot on standby inside. But it was operated remotely out of Dallas using robotic technology, according to San Antonio Report.
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by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
Oct 25, 2021
Wing will operate a drone delivery facility in Dallas-Fort Worth at the Frisco Station development with a small number of flights starting this week.
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by AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone |
Aug 31, 2021
Grounded in the legacy of Hillwood, the MIZ is a nexus of innovation in surface and air mobility.
sponsored by AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone
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Alexander Taits is the CEO and founder of FusionFlight. [Photo: Courtesy FusionFlight]
Dallas Aerospace Startup FusionFlight Takes Off With Fully Autonomous Drone
by Maddie Preston | Feb 18, 2020
FusionFlight, which received a $50,000 seed investment in 2016, has built and tested "the world's smallest and most powerful jet-powered drone with vertical take-off and landing capabilities."
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Jan 7, 2020
Fortress UAV, one of the largest drone repair companies in the U.S., has announced a partnership that's expected to define the next chapter of drone and hydrogen fuel technology.
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by Alex Edwards and Jeff Bounds |
Jun 6, 2019
It's a bird! It's a plane! Nope—it's just your Amazon order. "Within months," Amazon expects to start using drones to deliver packages. With two giant fulfillment centers announced in Dallas-Fort Worth last year, could the delivery drones be next?
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by Chloe Bennett |
Aug 21, 2017
The initiative is funded by a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation grant.
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Photo by Michael Samples.
Drone Technology Takes Off with Business Users
by Michael Vidikan | Feb 26, 2016
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drone aircraft, have been used extensively in commercial practice in recent years.
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