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DoorDash says it is now the eighth U.S. drone air carrier and is building the aircraft, ground handoffs, routing, and merchant integrations as one delivery system.
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Two Central Florida stores are live, three more are planned, and the current 2.5-pound payload shows both the usefulness and the limits of neighborhood delivery.
The July release adds faster Aerial Pro processing, denser 3D output, revised volumetrics, and new dock-health tools, while several headline AI and robotics features remain early access.
The company says its U.S. delivery marketplace grew 13 times in the first half of 2026 as healthcare, restaurant, and retail programs expanded.
Manufacturer-reported missions joined cargo delivery, glacier photogrammetry, and atmospheric sampling in one high-altitude operating environment.
The South London service moves pathology samples between Nelson Health Centre and St George's Hospital under a continuing UK approval, with thousands of patient samples delivered so far.
The FAA opened a 30-day comment period on three proposed Prime Air centers, each analyzed at up to 1,000 MK30 delivery flights per day.
Skydio says its customers now operate more than a thousand remote docks across three countries. The important number is not the hardware count, but the operating model behind it.
The next expansion reaches Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the Bay Area, and Salt Lake City as Wing works toward more than 270 Walmart locations.