--- title: DoorDash's drone strategy started on the ground | daily.dev description: DoorDash unveiled a six-propeller autonomous drone for its new DoorDash Air delivery business at its Dash Forward 2026 event. The company built the ground... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/doordash-s-drone-strategy-started-on-the-ground-2mtmo0fon twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DoorDash's drone strategy started on the ground | daily.dev og:description: DoorDash unveiled a six-propeller autonomous drone for its new DoorDash Air delivery business at its Dash Forward 2026 event. The company built the ground... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/doordash-s-drone-strategy-started-on-the-ground-2mtmo0fon og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2MTMO0FoN.png og:image:alt: DoorDash's drone strategy started on the ground og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DoorDash's drone strategy started on the ground **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary DoorDash unveiled a six-propeller autonomous drone for its new DoorDash Air delivery business at its Dash Forward 2026 event. The company built the ground logistics, packaging, and handoff systems before designing the aircraft itself, and developed an Autonomous Delivery Platform (ADP) that uses smart routing based on weather, flight range, and traffic to decide which orders go by air. DoorDash Labs, the same team behind sidewalk robot Dot, built the drone system, sized around 13 years of historical order data. Early pilot deliveries will launch in Northern California with Chipotle, Popeyes, and Momo N Curry, following the company's Part 135 air carrier certification from the FAA. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is DoorDash's drone delivery service called and how does it work? DoorDash's drone delivery service is called DoorDash Air, built by DoorDash Labs, the same team behind the sidewalk delivery robot Dot. It uses a six-propeller autonomous drone equipped with a winch to pick up, carry, and drop off packages, coordinated by software called the Autonomous Delivery Platform (ADP) that factors in weather, flight range, and ground traffic to decide which orders should go by air. _Anyone tracking how delivery platforms expand into autonomous logistics can follow DoorDash Air's rollout on daily.dev._ ### Where is DoorDash launching its first drone delivery pilots? DoorDash is starting early pilot drone deliveries in Northern California, partnering with Chipotle, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and Momo N Curry. The launch follows the company receiving a Part 135 air carrier certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which legally allows it to operate a commercial drone delivery service in the United States. _Readers following autonomous delivery rollouts can keep tabs on DoorDash Air's pilot expansion via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [DoorDash to use Serve Robotics’ sidewalk robots for deliveries in Los Angeles](https://daily.dev/posts/doordash-to-use-serve-robotics-sidewalk-robots-for-deliveries-in-los-angeles-rzrv2ybvf) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#autonomous-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/autonomous-systems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/doordash-s-drone-strategy-started-on-the-ground-2mtmo0fon) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"DoorDash's drone strategy started on the ground","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/doordash-s-drone-strategy-started-on-the-ground-2mtmo0fon","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/doordash-s-drone-strategy-started-on-the-ground-2mtmo0fon"},"datePublished":"2026-09-30T19:25:10.489Z","dateModified":"2026-09-30T19:26:16.097Z","description":"DoorDash unveiled a six-propeller autonomous drone for its new DoorDash Air delivery business at its Dash Forward 2026 event. 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