Drones
Zipline said new flight software that adjusts speed and altitude to reduce noise was running across its whole fleet, cutting sound exposure per flight by 68% versus its 2025 fleet.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Zipline says the upgrade, combined with other hardware and software improvements, has reduced overall sound exposure per flight by 68% and peak-volume noise by 24% compared with its 2025 fleet.”
What it means
Zipline, from Zipline, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. 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 Zipline
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- A Zipline drone opened its parachute on the way to a pickup and landed on Highway 6 in Cypress, near Houston. DroneXL reports no injuries or damage.
- Cleveland Clinic announced it had begun drone delivery of some prescription medicines with Zipline, within five miles of its Beachwood campus in Ohio.
- A Zipline drone flying for Walmart had a fault, opened its emergency parachute and came down on a street in Greenville, Texas. No one was hurt.
- Zipline said it had passed 2 million deliveries and raised more than $600 million, valuing the company at $7.6 billion.
- Zipline and Walmart started drone deliveries from the Walmart Supercenter in Mesquite, Texas, Zipline's first Walmart flights in Texas.