DoorDash wants to deliver your food order flown by a drone, eventually
Getting food delivered by drone just got a lot closer to reality. DoorDash just secured FAA approval to launch its own in-house drone delivery service, called DoorDash Air. Officially certified drone operator in the US.
- ▪Getting food delivered by drone just got a lot closer to reality.
- ▪DoorDash just secured FAA approval to launch its own in-house drone delivery service, called DoorDash Air.
- ▪Officially certified drone operator in the US.
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| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:28:10 +0000 |
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Getting food delivered by drone just got a lot closer to reality. DoorDash just secured FAA approval to launch its own in-house drone delivery service, called DoorDash Air. DoorDash Air is here. Officially certified drone operator in the US. Delivering real orders, not demos“People come here because they want to solve real problems and see their work show up in the real world within days, not stuck in R&D hell watching a demo that never leaves the… https://t.co/fNbYwNwVVv— Andy Fang (@andyfang) July 29, 2026 What is DoorDash building? DoorDash received a Part 135 air carrier certification from the FAA, the same kind of approval that lets a company legally fly commercial drones. It’s the eighth company in the US to pull this off, joining names like Alphabet’s Wing, Zipline, and Amazon.
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