US drone startup plans drug deliveries to homes in Salt Lake City

The company will be able to reach about 90% of homes in the Salt Lake City metro area with its drones, which navigate autonomously by satellite and drop payloads of up to four pounds by parachute, French said. — Zipline

California drone startup Zipline plans to begin delivering medicine and other supplies to homes in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The company, whose fixed-wing drones have been transporting medical supplies to rural clinics in Rwanda and Ghana since 2016, has signed a service agreement with Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare to make deliveries to its patients in the city.