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UPS and Matternet launch operations to fight COVID-19
Contactless delivery of prescription medicine from CVS to largest retirement community in the U.S.
CVS and UPS will use drones to deliver prescriptions in a retirement community amid coronavirus outbreak
The drone delivery helps the community maintain social distancing measures, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
UPS to Fly Medications by Drone to Florida Retirement Area
Service to The Villages from CVS comes amid virus lockdown. Flights with technology partner Matternet to start early May.
Matternet powers first US drone airline
FAA grants first full approval to UPS Flight Forward to operate Matternet aircraft at scale. UPS and Matternet to scale drone delivery hospital operations in the U.S.
UPS partners with drone startup Matternet for medical sample delivery
Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos joins “Squawk Alley” to discuss the company’s new partnership with UPS to deliver medical samples with drones. Watch on CNBC.
UPS drones are now moving blood samples over North Carolina
The FAA's first sanctioned, revenue-generating drone delivery service involves speeding up the movement of blood and tissue samples.
The country’s first regular commercial drone delivery is here
UPS and Matternet are working together to help a hospital network get samples to the lab faster.
UPS Partners with Matternet
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.
Swiss Post to transport laboratory samples between University Hospital and University of Zurich
During this time USZ, UZH, Swiss Post and Matternet will gather experience in long-term autonomous drone operation. The laboratory samples can reach their destination twice as quickly by air than by road in Zurich – the time saved can be invaluable to patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Matternet appoints aviation and healthcare veterans to its Board of Directors
Accomplished executive and doctor bring decades of regulation aviation affairs and healthcare expertise to Matternet's board.
Drone Deliveries Advance With $16M Boeing-Led Investment
The funding for the Swiss autonomous drone logistics platform Matternet will aid its expansion into urban areas in the U.S. and elsewhere, and is a vote of confidence in what many already believe will be a standard feature of our lives in the near future.
Autonomous delivery drone startup Matternet raises $16 million round led by Boeing’s venture arm
Because autonomous delivery drones are undoubtedly coming, Boeing HorizonX Ventures, the aviation company’s venture arm, led a $16 million round in drone startup Matternet.
Switzerland’s Getting a Delivery Network for Blood-Toting Drones
And it's got some clever new hardware to make it work.
Switzerland’s New Medical Drones
During a medical emergency, every second matters–including the ones spent driving samples to and from external labs for testing. But what if they could be flown instead? That’s the idea behind a new fleet of delivery drones, developed by California-based Matternet for deployment in Switzerland.
Mercedes-Benz kicks off drone delivery pilot in Zurich
The partners demonstrated a delivery live to an audience of media today, showing a coffee delivery from a small Swiss merchant using siroop’s platform.
Delivery Drones Are Using Vans as Roving Parcel Hubs in Switzerland
Part delivery van, part helipad—that pretty much describes a handful of Mercedes-Benz vehicles that are currently cruising the streets of Zurich.
Switzerland is Getting a Network of Medical Delivery Drones
Matternet’s new system will let hospitals quickly move samples to labs and get extra blood for emergencies. It’s the first of its kind operating in a dense, urban environment.
The first autonomous drone delivery network will fly above Switzerland starting next month
Like a futuristic postal service... that delivers blood.
Matternet’s autonomous delivery drones can now refuel and reload by themselves
Matternet, a startup building autonomous drones for delivery, has been working to commercialize its tech via transportation of blood and pathology samples to labs. Taking traffic out of the equation has already shown it can cut hours off the testing process, but Matternet is pushing to become even more efficient at autonomous transportation. This drive led to the development of the Matternet Station — an automated basestation for swapping batteries and payloads on the company’s drones.