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Rival operator, split from industry group over safety rules

DoorDash spent years handing your burrito to a driver. Now it wants to hand it to a drone it built itself. On July 31, 2026, the company said it won an FAA air-carrier license and will begin flying its own delivery drones this fall.

Updated 5 days ago

Rule Changes

Expanded to seven U.S. markets despite recurring MK30 safety incidents; facing increased FAA scrutiny over sense-and-avoid system reliability

For nearly a decade, every U.S. commercial drone operator wanting to fly beyond a pilot's line of sight needed an individual FAA waiver — a slow, bespoke process that capped the industry at small pilot programs. On August 7, 2025, the FAA proposed Part 108: a new, standardized framework for routine beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations replacing individual waivers. In January 2026, the FAA reopened the comment period for 14 days (closing February 11, 2026) to refine the rule before finalizing it in March 2026.

Updated May 29