The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies United Parcel Service: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
United Parcel Service holds 1 FAA action, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Overview
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global logistics company with $88.7B in annual revenue and ~460,000 employees, operating autonomous delivery drones through its UPS Flight Forward subsidiary and deploying 1,400+ warehouse robots from partners including Locus Robotics and Geek+ across its network. The company is investing $9B in automation across 60+ US facilities as part of a four-year plan announced in 2024, including a $120M order for 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co. UPS Flight Forward was the first company to receive FAA Part 135 Standard certification for drone delivery operations in October 2019.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Revenue
Employees
Financial stage
Automation investment
Warehouse robots
Pickle Robot order
Drone subsidiary
Drone partnership
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company United Parcel Service has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Geek+1× joint3 total
- 2Locus Robotics1× joint5 total
- 3Matternet1× joint4 total
- 4Pickle Robot1× joint2 total
- 5Waymo1× joint16 total
Most recent
- UPS x Pickle Robot2025-12-15with Pickle Robotoperating
United Parcel Service on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Carol Tomé CEOSEC-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for United Parcel Service.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
United Parcel Service on the data-center map
Every verified data center United Parcel Service operates that has a mapped coordinate (2 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
United Parcel Service data centers (2)
- UPS Ramapo Ridge Data CenterMahwah · operating
- UPS Windward Data CenterAlpharetta · operating
AI data centers United Parcel Service operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
United Parcel Service in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
5 total · 4 operating · 1 just announced
Every company United Parcel Service has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- UPS x Pickle Robot2025-12-15with Pickle Robotoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Geek+1× joint3 total
- 2Locus Robotics1× joint5 total
- 3Matternet1× joint4 total
- 4Pickle Robot1× joint2 total
- 5Waymo1× joint16 total
All 5 partnerships
open in the atlas →- deployment—operating
- deployment—operating
- UPS x Geek+withGeek+3deployment—operating
- UPS x Waymo ViawithWaymo16deployment—just announced
- deployment2025-12-15announcedoperating
Regulatory filings (1)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faaactive2019-10-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in United Parcel Service’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipUPS x Pickle Robot
2025-12-15UPS ordered 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co. for 20M, part of its B automation plan. Robots will deploy across multiple UPS facilities starting late 2026.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
United Parcel Service logo
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-22
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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Heat Index
Serious60/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
United Parcel Service draws attention at the 72nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among sidewalk robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026