Drones
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.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“Commercial service is targeted for the second half of 2027. The M3 has no FAA type certificate”
What it means
Matternet M2, from Matternet, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Matternet M2
- Matternet and Swisslog Healthcare said Swisslog's TransLogic unit, which makes hospital tube systems, would sell Matternet's M3 delivery drone to hospitals, aiming first at California, Florida and Arizona.
- Matternet said it signed a deal for TransLogic, a Swisslog Healthcare company, to offer its drone delivery systems to hospitals, starting with California, Florida and Arizona.
- 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.
- 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.