Regulator
The FAA gave Zipline a Part 135 air carrier certificate, the licence an airline needs, letting it run long-range drone deliveries from North Carolina.
A regulator's decision · Sets Zipline's stage
What the source says
“received a Part 135 air carrier certification from the FAA that will allow it to fly the longest-range commercial drone”
What it means
Zipline, from Zipline, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Zipline
- DroneXL counts more than 30 Zipline sites across the US, with more being added.
- A Zipline drone opened its parachute on the way to a pickup and landed on Highway 6 in Cypress, near Houston. DroneXL reports no injuries or damage.
- Cleveland Clinic announced it had begun drone delivery of some prescription medicines with Zipline, within five miles of its Beachwood campus in Ohio.
- A Zipline drone flying for Walmart had a fault, opened its emergency parachute and came down on a street in Greenville, Texas. No one was hurt.
- Zipline said it had passed 2 million deliveries and raised more than $600 million, valuing the company at $7.6 billion.
- Zipline and Walmart started drone deliveries from the Walmart Supercenter in Mesquite, Texas, Zipline's first Walmart flights in Texas.