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An MK30 drone on a landing pad. Amazon began commercial drone service with the MK30 in College Station, Texas, and the Phoenix metro area in November 2024. [Photo: Amazon]
Amazon Targets West Dallas for First of 22 Planned Texas ‘Drone Paddocks’
by Quincy Preston | Apr 23, 2026
CRE platform BLDUP reported the $25 million West Dallas filing on April 17. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy calls Prime Air's drone delivery effort "a multi-year invention cycle," with test flights from the new paddock possible as early as August.
by David Seeley |
Sep 10, 2025
The Israel-based drone food delivery company—which has been delivering restaurant meals by drone in North Texas since 2022—said Noam Bardin will help it evolve from proving its technology to building "a sustainable, profitable business that serves millions of customers."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 9, 2025
The Samuell Boulevard Supercenter becomes the first Walmart in Dallas to offer Zipline’s autonomous delivery service, with more than 65,000 items—from baby formula to frozen foods—available for drone drop-off
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by David Seeley |
Aug 21, 2025
Burrito bowls by drone? Oh, it's a thing—and it launched today in North Texas. California-based Chipotle has begun flying out its full-menu in a new drone delivery service called Zipotle, starting with a single Chipotle location at 3109 Lakeview Parkway in Rowlett, northeast of Dallas. Partnering with the drone company Zipline, Chipotle "Zip" drones will travel directly to customers' houses, delivering digital orders in just a few minutes of flying time.
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Flytrex is partnering with DoorDash for food drone deliveries in parts of Frisco and Little Elm. [Photo: Business Wire]
Flytrex, DoorDash Partner on Drone Deliveries From ‘Dozens’ of Restaurants in Frisco and Little Elm
by David Seeley | Jun 26, 2025
Flytrex has been delivering restaurant food by drone in North Texas since 2022. Now, thanks to a new partnership with DoorDash, it's packing its high-capacity drones with food from "dozens" of local and national restaurants—and flying orders to parts of Frisco and Little Elm. And more DFW sites are coming soon.
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by David Seeley |
May 14, 2025
Autonomous ground vehicles from Arlington-based Mozee and delivery drones from Miami's Aerialoop are fanning out across Arlington this week, delivering around 150 boxes of nonperishable food from the Tarrant Area Food Bank to participating Arlington households.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 4, 2025
PepsiCo's free Party Pack—which will include Doritos, Tostitos dips, and Pepsi Zero Sugar—will be delivered to eligible Frisco residents by Wing drones Feb. 8-9, in time for the Super Bowl matchup of the Chiefs vs. the Eagles.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 18, 2024
Launching at Brookfield Properties’ Stonebriar Centre in Frisco and Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, the service is said to be the first of its kind for shopping malls in the U.S., following a recent pilot program in Virginia.
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A Flytrex drone on its way to a delivery. [Photo: Flytrex]
Fast Food Faster: Flytrex Expands DFW Drone Delivery, Adds New Restaurant Partners
by David Seeley | Aug 13, 2024
A man behind Israel's first Moon mission has been delivering chicken wings by drone near Fort Worth since 2022. Now—after making 100,000 drone food deliveries in North Texas and North Carolina—his startup Flytrex is expanding to Little Elm, with plans for more DFW cities to come.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 1, 2024
Wing and Zipline have partnered with Walmart to offer drone deliveries for "up to 75%" of DFW residents, along with providing services for other area businesses. Now the two innovators have received the first-ever FAA approval to operate drones beyond line of sight in the same shared airspace using new UAS traffic management technology (UTM).
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by David Seeley |
Jun 6, 2024
Starting later this month, Walmart app users in Frisco, Lewisville, and North Richland Hills can click "Shop drone-ready picks" on the Walmart app to launch Wing drone deliveries to their homes. Other recently unveiled tech has been rolling out, too.
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by AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone |
Apr 10, 2024
The aerospace sector stands on the brink of transformation as Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) takes flight. These cutting-edge technologies will not only integrate new forms of transportation into our current mobility ecosystem but present significant opportunities for economic growth. Perhaps most importantly, the success of AAM aircraft in the real world hinges on the development of robust infrastructure and fully integrated logistics systems.
sponsored by AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone
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Manna Drone Delivery drops trick-or-treat candy to home in Northlake, north of Fort Worth. [Photo: Manna]
Irish Drone Delivery Startup Manna Launches in U.S. with ‘Trick-or-Treat’ Deliveries North of Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Oct 31, 2023
Dublin-based Manna Drone Delivery is kicking off its U.S. commercial operations from the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone in Fort Worth. For now, it's delivering food and beverages (and yes, candy) from national and local retailers to only one North Texas neighborhood: Pecan Square by Hillwood Communities in Northlake.
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by David Seeley |
May 31, 2023
Dallas-based Ameriflight plans to operate the Matternet M2 drone for commercial delivery—focusing on health care and e-commerce deliveries to customers in dense urban and suburban environments across the country. The approval will enable what Ameriflight calls "the first fully operational, large-scale drone operation in the United States."
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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.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 29, 2022
Yariv Bash, co-founder of Israel's SpaceIL, was part of the team behind the 2019 Beresheet moon mission. Now, as co-founder and CEO of Flytrex, he's partnering with Dallas-based Brinker International on drone deliveries of chicken wings to Dallas-Fort Worth back yards and businesses.
The launch begins today in Granbury, 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth, with potential plans to expand to "a suburb east of Dallas" as Flytrex' footprint grows.
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