Drones
Matternet said its M2 drones had begun routine flights carrying children's lab samples from Great Ormond Street Hospital to The Doctors Laboratory in London, for the drone network Apian.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Matternet M2's stage
What the source says
“Matternet said on Tuesday that its M2 drones are flying pediatric pathology samples from Great Ormond Street Hospital to The Doctors Laboratory.”
What it means
Matternet M2, from Matternet, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Matternet M2
- Matternet presented a new drone, the M3, with paid service aimed for the second half of 2027. The M3 does not yet have an FAA type certificate, the FAA's sign-off on an aircraft design.
- Matternet became a public company through a $33 million reverse merger, a deal where it took over an already-listed company, and began trading on the OTCQB market.
- Matternet prepared a home drone delivery trial in Mountain View, California, for food, medicine and small parcels, flying within 1.5 miles of its hub.