Robot model
DE-2020
US-made autonomous hexacopter designed and manufactured by DEXA for last-mile delivery.
- Manufacturer
- DEXA
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- flydexa.com ↗
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
US-made autonomous hexacopter designed and manufactured by DEXA for last-mile delivery. S1-listed aircraft certified by the FAA, operated under Part 135 authority with national BVLOS waiver for beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial flights.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 1 source, view all
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for DE-2020. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
Three-month drone food delivery test program with Grubhub and Wonder at Wonder's Green Brook, NJ location.
DEXA's first pilot program with Kroger, launched in 2021 in the Dayton area.
DE-2020 on the deployment map
Where DE-2020 is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 23, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedMar 18, 2026
at Green Brook, New Jersey, USA
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2021
at Dayton, Ohio, USA
Safety record
No incidents on record for DE-2020.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is DE-2020?
- US-made autonomous hexacopter designed and manufactured by DEXA for last-mile delivery. S1-listed aircraft certified by the FAA, operated under Part 135 authority with national BVLOS waiver for beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial flights.
- How much does DE-2020 cost?
- DE-2020's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for DE-2020 from DEXA. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is DE-2020 actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. DE-2020 is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes DE-2020?
- DE-2020 is made by DEXA, based in Dayton, OH, USA, founded in 2021.
- Where is DE-2020 deployed?
- 2 verified deployments of DE-2020 are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Green Brook, New Jersey, USA, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- Can you buy DE-2020?
- DE-2020 is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- What are alternatives to DE-2020?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to DE-2020 include Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Skydio X10, Wing Delivery Aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper.
- How does DE-2020 compare to Zipline Platform 2 (P2)?
- DE-2020 and Zipline Platform 2 (P2) (Zipline · 6 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. DE-2020 has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- What is DE-2020's maturity stage?
- DE-2020 is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is DE-2020 safe?
- DE-2020 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DE-2020.Recent coverage
DE-2020 in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DE-2020 from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/de-2020.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/36a6f778-83e9-403b-941d-e966d5119219
- Revision history: /models/de-2020/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP