UPS to Expand Medical Drone Service to University of Utah Health

ATLANTA, Oct. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

First expansion that builds on strategy to support U.S. hospital transport services in partnership with Matternet

UPS quickly scaling service to support enhanced patient care at lower cost

Announcement comes after UPS Flight Forward™ received FAA’s first Part 135 Standard approval for drone airline

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the expansion of its industry leading drone delivery service. UPS Flight Forward will now begin drone flights at the University of Utah Health campus in Salt Lake City. The University of Utah is the first hospital campus expansion after the service was launched at WakeMed’s flagship hospital in Raleigh, N.C. The WakeMed program announced in March marked the first FAA-sanctioned use of a drone for routine revenue flights in the U.S. In September, UPS’s drone airline subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward, received the first ever FAA’s Part 135 Standard certification awarded in the United States, which gives UPS and Matternet flexibility to rapidly scale hospital operations.