ADS-B Exchange supports a broad range of flight data use cases.
Autonomous drone delivery is one of the most consequential infrastructure shifts of the coming decade — with the potential to transform healthcare access, retail logistics, and supply chain operations for millions of people worldwide. But scaling drone delivery responsibly means sharing the sky safely with manned aviation, and doing so in a way that earns the ongoing trust of regulators, communities, and the aviation industry.
Zipline is the world’s most experienced autonomous delivery company, having completed more than one million commercial drone deliveries across four continents with zero major safety incidents. Its fixed-wing delivery drones — called Zips — operate at national scale in multiple countries, and in 2023 the FAA authorized Zipline to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) delivery operations without visual observers in the United States, a milestone reflecting years of investment in airspace safety systems and operational discipline.
Zipline uses ADS-B Exchange data to support its mission of safe, scalable autonomous flight.
- Airspace awareness at the core: Understanding where manned aircraft are operating — in real time and historically — is fundamental to planning and executing safe drone delivery operations in shared airspace.
- Supporting risk assessment: ADS-B Exchange data can inform the airspace risk models that operators like Zipline use to evaluate routes and operational areas, contributing to the safety case required for regulatory approvals.
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The future of autonomous delivery depends on demonstrating, every day, that drones and manned aircraft can share the sky safely. ADS-B Exchange is proud to support Zipline's mission to make that future a reality.