Drones
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.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Matternet will sell its M3 drone delivery system through TransLogic, the Swisslog Healthcare unit whose pneumatic tube systems run inside more than 2,300 North American hospitals”
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. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Matternet M2
- 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 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.
- 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.