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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 Alex Edwards |
Dec 22, 2020
Dallas-based COMSovereign Holding Corp., which aims to provide a 'Made in America path to 5G,' has made a new tethered drone-based aerial platform commercially available. This means the solution can quickly deploy to respond to emergencies and natural disasters, temporarily increase wireless coverage at special events, or provide connectivity in places without any infrastructure.
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Fortress UAV is partnering with South Korea's DMI, which is behind the world’s first mass-produced hydrogen-powered drones for commercial use. [Rendering: Fortress UAV]
Plano Drone Company Partners on New Compressed Hydrogen Gas Distribution Service
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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by Jana J. Pruet |
Sep 1, 2016
BNSF Railway is helping the Federal Aviation Administration navigate new commercial drone rules.
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