{"id":"982efc46-fa00-42bb-aa2e-4e96af5f8857","companyId":"59193eb7-d67a-433d-97b0-d8d32314ab71","modelName":"Flytrex delivery drone (Sky2)","slug":"flytrex-delivery","description":"Flytrex, an Israeli-founded, US-operating company led by chief executive and co-founder Yariv Bash, runs an on-demand suburban food and retail drone-delivery service integrated with the DoorDash app in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and North Carolina. Its new Sky2 drone carries up to 8.8 pounds, which it bills as the largest food-delivery payload, and enabled the first two-large-pizza drone delivery with Little Caesars in April 2026. Its verified gating event is an FAA beyond-visual-line-of-sight authorization received on August 13, 2025, described as making Flytrex only the fourth US company to earn it, alongside Wing, Amazon, and Zipline, which enables one-to-many remote operation from a central operations center in place of per-drone visual observers. Its operating model is a captive service: Flytrex flies its own routes and runs the delivery service through DoorDash rather than selling drones to third parties, in contrast to XAG's hardware-sales model and Percepto's captive robotics-as-a-service. The registry records it at early, scaling commercial maturity, since genuine FAA BVLOS clearance plus a live paid consumer service in two states clears the gate, while it remains geographically limited. Company figures such as more than 200,000 deliveries and a plan to reach 100 million Americans across 37 metro areas are cap-flagged as company-sourced or forward-looking, the exact scope of the BVLOS approval is ambiguous between nationwide and operating-area-scoped, and the Part 108 BVLOS rule remained proposed as of mid-2026 so operations run on Part 107 authorization.","formFactor":"aerial","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (gating event)","value":"Flytrex (Israeli-founded, US-operating; CEO/co-founder Yariv Bash) received FAA BVLOS authorization Aug 13 2025 - described as only the 4th US company to earn it, alongside Wing (Google), Amazon, and Zipline. Enables one-to-many remote operation from a central ops center, replacing per-drone visual observers. Operates a live paid consumer service in DFW + North Carolina via DoorDash integration."},{"label":"Operating model: captive service","value":"Flytrex flies its OWN routes and runs the delivery service (via DoorDash integration); it is NOT selling drones to third parties. (Contrast: XAG = hardware-sale; Percepto = captive RaaS; Zipline = captive delivery.)"},{"label":"Maturity = commercial (early/scaling)","value":"Genuine FAA BVLOS clearance + live paid consumer service in two states + DoorDash channel = commercial. Still geographically limited (DFW + NC), so early-commercial/scaling rather than mature."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"'Over 200,000 deliveries across Texas + North Carolina' (company/PR-sourced, cap-flag); 'reaching 100 million Americans / 37 metro areas' (forward plan, not realized); exact founding year/HQ unconfirmed in fetched sources; whether the BVLOS approval is literally nationwide vs operating-area-scoped is ambiguous. (Part 108 BVLOS rule still proposed mid-2026; ops run on Part 107 authorization.)"}],"specs":"On-demand suburban food + retail drone delivery; integrated with the DoorDash app; operates in Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas) + North Carolina. New Sky2 drone carries up to 8.8 lb (~4 kg, claimed largest food-delivery payload; enabled first two-large-pizza delivery, Little Caesars, Apr 2026). CEO/co-founder Yariv Bash.","formFactor":"aerial (suburban on-demand delivery drone service; captive operation)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://dronedj.com/2025/08/13/flytrex-drone-delivery-faa-bvlos/","title":"Flytrex receives FAA BVLOS authorization (Aug 13 2025; 4th US co with Wing/Amazon/Zipline)","sourceName":"DroneDJ"},{"url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250813608293/en/Flytrex-Receives-FAA-Approval-for-Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight-Operations-Positioning-Company-for-Nationwide-Expansion","title":"Flytrex FAA BVLOS approval (positioning for nationwide expansion)","sourceName":"Flytrex (Business Wire)"},{"url":"https://dronelife.com/2025/09/29/drone-delivery-takes-off-flytrex-prepares-for-nationwide-growth/","title":"Flytrex prepares for nationwide growth (DFW + North Carolina; DoorDash)","sourceName":"DroneLife"},{"url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423234109/en/In-a-First-for-Drone-Delivery-Flytrex-and-Little-Caesars-Can-Now-Deliver-Two-Large-Pizzas-to-Your-Door","title":"Flytrex + Little Caesars: first two-large-pizza drone delivery (Sky2, Apr 2026)","sourceName":"Flytrex (Business Wire)"}],"aliases":["Flytrex Sky2","Flytrex delivery drone"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T20:36:27.409Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T20:36:27.409Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/flytrex-delivery","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/flytrex-delivery","name":"Flytrex delivery drone (Sky2)","alternateName":["Flytrex Sky2","Flytrex delivery drone"],"description":"Flytrex, an Israeli-founded, US-operating company led by chief executive and co-founder Yariv Bash, runs an on-demand suburban food and retail drone-delivery service integrated with the DoorDash app in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and North Carolina. Its new Sky2 drone carries up to 8.8 pounds, which it bills as the largest food-delivery payload, and enabled the first two-large-pizza drone delivery with Little Caesars in April 2026. Its verified gating event is an FAA beyond-visual-line-of-sight authorization received on August 13, 2025, described as making Flytrex only the fourth US company to earn it, alongside Wing, Amazon, and Zipline, which enables one-to-many remote operation from a central operations center in place of per-drone visual observers. Its operating model is a captive service: Flytrex flies its own routes and runs the delivery service through DoorDash rather than selling drones to third parties, in contrast to XAG's hardware-sales model and Percepto's captive robotics-as-a-service. The registry records it at early, scaling commercial maturity, since genuine FAA BVLOS clearance plus a live paid consumer service in two states clears the gate, while it remains geographically limited. Company figures such as more than 200,000 deliveries and a plan to reach 100 million Americans across 37 metro areas are cap-flagged as company-sourced or forward-looking, the exact scope of the BVLOS approval is ambiguous between nationwide and operating-area-scoped, and the Part 108 BVLOS rule remained proposed as of mid-2026 so operations run on Part 107 authorization.","identifier":"982efc46-fa00-42bb-aa2e-4e96af5f8857","category":"aerial","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}