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Flytrex today announced a major milestone in the evolution of commercial drone delivery: less than a year after implementing the United States’ first automated Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) service to enable operations in the same airspace as other operators, the system has scaled to thousands of automatically deconflicted flights per month — with zero airspace conflicts. The results, drawn from active operational zones in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, demonstrate how multi-operator drone delivery can scale to meet growing consumer demand in the United States.

Flytrex, the leading autonomous drone food delivery service, today announced the opening of a drone manufacturing and maintenance facility in Pilot Point, Texas, as the company accelerates its push to build a network of 60 delivery sites across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro by mid-2027. The facility — capable of assembling thousands of drones annually — will serve as the operational backbone for the company’s expansion in the region, building on recent commercial partnerships with DoorDash and Uber Eats, two of the largest food delivery platforms in the world.

Flytrex, the leader in ultrafast on-demand drone food delivery, and Little Caesars, one of the largest pizza chains in the world, are partnering to expand drone delivery with a new drone capable of delivering dinner for an entire family. Powered by Flytrex’s new Sky2 drone, the service now enables customers to receive two large pizzas and sodas in a single drone delivery, a first for on-demand food delivery by air.

Flytrex, the leading autonomous drone food delivery service, today announced the appointment of Noam Bardin as Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors. Bardin, who built Waze into a globally beloved navigation platform used by over 150 million users a month, brings unparalleled expertise in rapidly scaling consumer-focused transportation technologies.

The Flytrex system has been approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, becoming only the fourth drone delivery provider authorized for such operations in the United States. This approval enables Flytrex to expand its service nationwide to the 37 largest metro areas in the U.S. — unlocking the ability to bring drone delivery to over 100 million people.

DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) and Flytrex today announced the launch of their drone delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, expanding upon a successful pilot program. Customers in parts of Little Elm and Frisco can now order food from dozens of local and national restaurants, including from Papa Johns King Road location and The Brass Tap, between 8:00am and 9:30pm, with delivery via Flytrex’s autonomous drone fleet.

Flytrex and Wing have each implemented the Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) Strategic Coordination standard in the United States with a first-of-its-kind application into daily flight operations near Dallas, Texas. The work is part of a broader industry-FAA collaboration establishing the foundations for a national UTM ecosystem. The two drone delivery companies are first among several drone operators to further integrate into the airspace by automating the separation of commercial drone flights in low-altitude shared airspace.