Matternet Inc.
Aerospace Technology
Matternet is a pioneering company specializing in autonomous drone delivery networks. It offers advanced drone systems designed for ultra-fast, cost-effective, and zero-emission package deliveries. Matternet's technology is transforming sectors like healthcare and commerce by enabling precise and reliable deliveries in both developed and emerging markets. The company holds a significant achievement as the first to receive FAA Type Certification for its drone systems, underscoring its leadership in the drone delivery industry.
Founded: 2011
Andreas Raptopoulos Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Board Member |
Jason Secore Chief Financial Officer |
Yasser Bahjatt Co-Founder & Lead Engineer |
Matternet and UPS have expanded their ground-breaking hospital delivery network, adding North Carolina’s Wake Forest Baptist Health medical campus to their operations.
How Everdrone, Wing, Zipline and Matternet are responding to the coronavirus outbreak.
Matternet describes its updated Station product as a "safe drone portal" for hospital systems and customers in health care.
Matternet, a pioneer in drone delivery for medical applications, announced the company’s partnership with Robotic Skies, a global maintenance network for commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), to provide field service and repair support for operators who fly the Matternet M2 drone logistics system.
Drone delivery may not make a lot of sense for food or parcel delivery yet, but for hospitals it could be a lifesaver. A new test program is being inaugurated at UC San Diego’s Jacobs Medical Center, where Matternet drones operated by UPS will fly blood samples and other items to and from other nearby facilities.
Surgeon and former pilot Stuart Ginn worked with Matternet and UPS to create a drone delivery program that couriers lab samples to medical offices in Raleigh, N.C.
Matternet, a pioneer in drone delivery for medical applications, announced a strategic investment from McKesson Ventures. The round of funding will provide Matternet with access to a broad set of opportunities in the U.S. healthcare logistics market and accelerate existing partnerships in key international
UPS is rolling along with its drone delivery program, working with partner CVS Pharmacy to deliver prescription drugs to customer doorsteps via its newly deployed commercial drones. UPS delivered medications to two paying customers on November 1 using the Matternet M2 drone system that the logistics company is using in partnership with Matternet.
United Parcel Service is striking a series of drone-delivery agreements with health-care groups as it develops new technology pitched to the growing medical market.
UPS has received FAA certification to operate a drone airline, beating competitors like Amazon and Alphabet’s Wing to the milestone and giving the logistics giant the ability to go nationwide with a medical delivery service that it has piloted at a North Carolina hospital with Matternet.
Unmanned drone deliveries are making their way inside the UPS network. Thanks to a partnership with drone startup Matternet, UPS will start delivering medical samples via unmanned drones at WakeMed’s hospital in Raleigh, N.C.
Lufthansa Technik (Booth H71) has signed contracts with drone manufacturers Matternet and SwissDrones to provide its SafeDrone Health cloud-based service.