Deployment
Zipline Platform 2 (P2) at United States
Zipline's second-generation precision-delivery system: a fixed-wing drone that hovers and lowers a tethered 'droid' to place packages accurately at homes and businesses. Powers the Walmart and US healthcare home-delivery rollouts.
Zipline Platform 2 (P2) by Zipline · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified · Drones
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Zipline prescription and medical delivery for US health systems including Michigan Medicine, Intermountain Health, and MultiCare.
Key facts
- Operators
- Michigan Medicine, Intermountain Health, MultiCare
- Type
- Prescription / medical delivery
Exposure
- Customer segment
- healthcare
- Scale tier
- undisclosed
- Customer
- Michigan Medicine / Intermountain Health / MultiCare
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Zipline Platform 2 (P2) at United States.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Company
- Zipline
- Location
- United States
- Operator
- Zipline
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- Scale at site
- undisclosed
- Site environment
- outdoor
- Location precision
- verified coordinates
- First seen
- 2024-06-01
- ID
ec9549ff-f299-4502-bbb7-1afb85c219d8
Timeline
- Jun 2024First recordedZipline Platform 2 (P2) first documented operating at United States.
- May 2026created
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Zipline Platform 2 (P2) operates in United States. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (3)
- https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/ziplines-new-drone-brings-rx-deliveries-michigan-medicine-intermountain-multicare
- https://www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release/michigan-medicine-deploy-ziplines-drone-service-delivery-patient-prescriptions
- https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/michigan-medicine-2-other-systems-to-deploy-prescriptions-with-new-drones/
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
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Zipline's 2023 keynote unveiling its Platform 2: the P2 Zip, the tethered delivery droid, and the docking and recharge system. A promotional reveal; the quietness, precision, and performance figures are the maker's claims.
Zipline's 2024 behind-the-scenes look at its Platform 2 system, including the tethered delivery droid lowered for doorstep precision, its obstacle-avoidance test yard, and a precision drop. Platform 2 lowers payloads on a tether (not by parachute, unlike Platform 1); the precision figures are Zipline's claims.
Zipline's explanation of Platform 2 (P2): the aircraft hovers while an autonomous droid lowers on a tether to a precise drop point, not the P1 parachute method.
Zipline's overview of its Platform 1 (P1), a long-range fixed-wing 'Zip' that delivers by parachute drop. Autonomous flight under Zipline's airspace management.