Milestones
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Matternet enters home delivery market, launches drone delivery service in Silicon Valley.
2024
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Matternet receives authorization from the German Aviation Office to launch BVLOS drone delivery operations in Berlin. Matternet to operate on behalf of Labor Berlin, the largest Hospital laboratory in Germany.
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On November 17, 2024 UPS Flight Forward became the first Part 135 Operator in the US to complete true BVLOS drone delivery flights in Florida. They flew the Matternet Matternet M2 Drone, operated via UPS's remote operations center in Fisherville, Kentucky. UPS's remote operations center is powered by Matternet's Mission Control Software.
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Ameriflight, the largest Part 135 Airline in the US, becomes the second airline approved to operate the Matternet M2 in addition to UPS Flight Forward. Ameriflight is approved to operate instant logistics networks for Matternet’s customers across the US.
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CAGA, the General Authority of Civil Aviation in Saudi Arabia, becomes the first international aviation authority to recognize a UAS FAA Type Certificate, for the Matternet M2 Drone.
2023
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Matternet authorized by the FAA to carry out operations that simultaneously deploy up to 20 aircraft under the control of a single remote pilot.
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Matternet launches world's longest urban drone delivery route in Zurich for the Triemli Hospital.
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Matternet receives FAA Production Certificate for its M2 drone delivery system.
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Matternet M2 becomes world's first delivery drone system to be issued FAA Type Certification — a major milestone for Matternet and the drone industry.
2022
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Matternet receives authorization by JCAB, the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau, to fly its Matternet M2 Drone system for commercial deliveries in Tokyo.
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Matternet deploys its first Landing Station in commercial operations for the EOC Hospital in Lugano, Switzerland.
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Matternet partners with UAE leader in logistics and the Abu Dhabi Department of Health for a city-wide medical drone delivery network in the city of Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2021
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UPS and Matternet launches operotions at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Operations include the first Covid-19 vaccine drone delivery in US — Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines transported on Matternet M2 with end-to-end cold chain.
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UPS and Matternet launch operations to enable contactless delivery of prescription medicine from CVS to largest retirement community in the US.
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Matternet unveils its second generation Landing Station, providing safe, fully-automated medical payload exchange for Matternet drone networks.
2020
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Matternet powers the first FAA-approved Drone Airline in the US. UPS Flight Forward, a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS, becomes first operator to obtain a Part 135 Standard certification but the FAA to operate the Matternet M2 Drone system.
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UPS and Matternet announce a groundbreaking logistics service to deliver medical samples via drone across WakeMed, a major healthcare system in North Carolina. This is the first FAA sanctioned use of a drone system for routine revenue flights in the US.
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2019
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Matternet and Swiss Post launch two drone delivery routes in central Zurich, for the University Hospital of Zurich and the Zentrallabor Zürich.
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Matternet and Swiss Post enter multi-year commercial partnership to provide drone delivery services to Swiss Hospitals and Labs.
2018
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Matternet Unveils its first generation Landing Station, enabling automated payload and battery exchange for Matternet drone networks.
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Matternet, Mercedes and online marketplace Siroop launch pilot for delivery of e-commerce items in central Zurich, utilizing Matternet M2 Drones and Mercedes Benz Vans. Vans operate as rolling drone hubs for Matternet drones.
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The Interamerican Development Bank and Matternet launch pilot for delivery of medicine from hospitals to remote clinics for robust routine and emergency response delivery.
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Matternet and Swiss Post launch first drone delivery route for the EOC Hospital in Lugano, Switzerland. The operation, authorized by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, is the world’s first commercial BVLOS drone delivery operation over a city.
2017
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Matternet partners with Mercedes-Benz to integrate its M2 Drone Delivery system with the Sprinter and Metris Vans. Mercedes unveils The Vision Van, integrating two Matternet M2 drones on its roof and a robotic system for loading packages and exchanging batteries into the drones.
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Matternet unveils its M2 Drone System. Designed for automated exchange of batteries and payloads, the Matternet M2 is the first Matternet Drone that can be integrated with Matternet's future landing stations.
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The Government of Malawi, UNICEF and Matternet start testing the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to explore cost effective ways of reducing waiting times for HIV testing of infants. Test flights included the 10km route from a community health centre to the Kamuzu Central Hospital laboratory. In 2014, more than 10,000 children in Malawi died from HIV-related diseases and less than half of all children were on treatment.
2016
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Swiss Post, Swiss International Airlines and Matternet launch pilot to explore the use of drones for transporting medical supplies in Switzerland. Matternet receives first authorization from the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation for BVLOS flights over sparsely populated areas in Switzerland.
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Matternet unveils its M1 Drone System. Designed for ease of use, the Matternet M1 becomes the first purpose-built civilian delivery drone system. Matternet M1 is in the permanent collections of the London Design Museum and the Swiss Museum of Transport.
2015
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Medecins Sans Frontiers and Matternet launch pilot in Papua New Guinea to explore the use of drones for the efficient collection of diagnostic samples from remote populations as a tool to battle the Tuberculosis epidemic in the country.
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The government of Bhutan, the World Health Organization and Matternet launch pilot to explore low-cost drone delivery of medicine and medical items to remote clinics within the Himalayan nation of Bhutan.
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Matternet deploys its first MVP drone, capable of executing autonomous delivery, commanded and controlled through Matternet's cloud system. M0 is deployed in Bhutan and Papua New Guinea.
2014
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"No roads? There's a drone for that ". Andreas introduces a new type of transportation system that uses electric autonomous flying machines to deliver medicine, food, goods and supplies wherever they are needed. The talk gathers over 1M views and lays the foundation for the use of drones medical delivery in new economies.
2013
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Trip to Haiti to study the problem of inadequate logistics infrastructure in a new economy. Using an off-the-shelf drone we pilot drone delivery into the Petionville camp, the camp set up after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.
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Andreas presents Matternet at the Google Solve for X forum.
“We take it for granted today that you can put data out on the Internet and it will sort of magically move to anywhere else on the planet. What if there were a Matternet that could do the same thing with physical objects?”
→ Watch We Solve for X: Andreas Raptopoulos on physical transport
2012
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Matternet founded in December 2011 with the mission to develop drone technology to help make delivery of goods frictionless and universal.
2011