{"schemaVersion":"0.4.0","type":"product","id":"prd_zipline_p2","slug":"zipline-p2","name":"Zipline Platform 2","companyId":"co_zipline","summary":"A home-delivery drone that flies itself to the customer and lowers a small tethered droid, the Zip, to set the order on a doorstep or patio table.","primaryWorld":"drones","worlds":["drones"],"audience":["consumer","enterprise"],"categorySlugs":["autonomous-systems"],"capabilitySlugs":["autonomous-flight"],"evidenceStage":{"value":"deployment","asOf":"2026-10-17","sourceIds":["src_walmart_zipline_2025","src_zipline_houston_2026","src_denton_zipline"],"note":"Delivering from Walmart stores in Dallas–Fort Worth since early 2025; an early-access service in Houston began in April 2026.","regions":["US"],"support":{"src_denton_zipline":{"support":"company_reported"}},"basis":{"kind":"ongoing_operation","site":"Walmart stores in Dallas–Fort Worth","detail":"Walmart said in June 2025 that Zipline had launched its first P2 drone sites at Walmart stores in Dallas–Fort Worth, in Mesquite and Waxahachie, Texas; the City of Denton announced Zipline delivery from its University Drive Walmart from March 26, 2026, which it called Zipline's 20th site in the metroplex.","sourceIds":["src_walmart_zipline_2025","src_denton_zipline"],"support":{"src_walmart_zipline_2025":{"support":"customer_confirmed"},"src_denton_zipline":{"support":"company_reported"}}}},"commercialAvailability":{"value":"service_available","asOf":"2026-10-17","sourceIds":["src_denton_zipline","src_zipline_houston_2026"],"note":"Customers at eligible addresses order in the Zipline app. Houston's First Flight program is limited to the first 5,000 eligible residents.","regions":["US"],"support":{"src_denton_zipline":{"support":"company_reported"}}},"lifecycle":{"value":"active","asOf":"2026-10-17","sourceIds":["src_zipline_houston_2026"]},"releaseChannel":"general","statusLabel":"Delivering in Texas","availability":"Zipline delivers in more than 20 Dallas–Fort Worth municipalities, including from Walmart stores, and through an early-access program in Houston; customers order in the Zipline app.","pricing":[],"claims":[{"id":"clm_zipline_autonomy","text":"Zipline says each drone uses autonomous navigation to avoid obstacles, other aircraft and unsafe landing areas, and runs hundreds of safety checks a second; if a check fails, the drone decides on its own to return to the nearest dock or, in some cases, come down by parachute.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_zipline_safety","src_zipline_parachute_faq"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_zipline_p2","text":"Zipline describes P2 as a drone that carries a smaller tethered droid, the Zip, which lowers to a spot as small as a patio table or doorstep. At the 2025 launch it said P2 carries up to 8 pounds and most flights take under two minutes.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_freightwaves_zipline_mesquite"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_freightwaves_zipline_mesquite":{"support":"company_reported"}}},{"id":"clm_zipline_denton","text":"The City of Denton said customers near its University Drive Walmart could order select items weighing up to 5.5 pounds, within about 2.5 miles of the store, from March 26, 2026.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_denton_zipline"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_denton_zipline":{"support":"company_reported"}}},{"id":"clm_zipline_fees","text":"Delivery was free when the first Walmart site opened in Mesquite in April 2025, with Walmart to set a price later. Houston's First Flight members pay no service or delivery fees. No current Dallas–Fort Worth fee was found.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_freightwaves_zipline_mesquite","src_zipline_houston_2026"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_freightwaves_zipline_mesquite":{"support":"company_reported"}}},{"id":"clm_zipline_scale","text":"Zipline says it has operated in more than 20 Dallas–Fort Worth municipalities with hundreds of thousands of autonomous deliveries, and more than two million deliveries across four continents since 2016.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_zipline_houston_2026","src_zipline_safety"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_zipline_faa","text":"The FAA lists Zipline International as an air carrier certificated to deliver packages by drone under Part 135 since June 2022.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_faa_part135_zipline"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_zipline_parachute","text":"A Zipline P2 drone heading to pick up an order came down under its parachute on Highway 6 in Cypress, Texas, on September 4, 2026, with no injuries; Zipline said the parachute worked as designed. It was Zipline's second parachute landing in Texas since July 2026.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_dronexl_zipline_cypress"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_dronexl_zipline_cypress":{"support":"independently_verified","verified":"DroneXL reported the Cypress parachute landing from local TV coverage and photos of the drone on the highway"}}},{"id":"clm_zipline_people","text":"The sources checked don't describe what remote staff do while Zipline's drones fly; Zipline sends a team member to recover a drone after a parachute landing. Human involvement is left blank because none of the Index's options can be confirmed from them.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_zipline_parachute_faq"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"}],"sourceIds":["src_zipline_safety","src_zipline_parachute_faq","src_zipline_houston_2026","src_walmart_zipline_2025","src_denton_zipline","src_faa_part135_zipline","src_freightwaves_zipline_mesquite","src_dronexl_zipline_cypress"],"lastCheckedAt":"2026-10-17","updatedAt":"2026-10-17","editorial":{"status":"published","reviewedBy":"Holly White","reviewedAt":"2026-10-17","note":"Batch 2B-D record, approved in the evidence review (2026-10-17) and published."},"status":"available","statusAsOf":"2026-10-17","sourceRecords":[{"id":"src_zipline_safety","title":"Serious about Safety","publisher":"Zipline","url":"https://www.zipline.com/safety","origin":"company","mediaType":"official_page","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_zipline_parachute_faq","title":"What is happening when a pod or drone lands by parachute?","publisher":"Zipline","url":"https://support.flyzipline.com/en/articles/10534770-what-is-happening-when-a-pod-or-drone-lands-by-parachute","origin":"company","mediaType":"documentation","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_zipline_houston_2026","title":"Zipline launches early access drone delivery program in Houston","publisher":"Zipline","url":"https://www.zipline.com/newsroom/zipline-launches-early-access-drone-delivery-program-in-houston","origin":"company","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2026-04-29","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_walmart_zipline_2025","title":"Walmart Takes Flight with Drone Delivery Expansion to 5 New Cities, Redefining Fast, Flexible Retail","publisher":"Walmart","url":"https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/06/05/walmart-takes-flight-with-drone-delivery-expansion-to-5-new-cities-redefining-fast-flexible-retail","origin":"named_customer","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2025-06-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_denton_zipline","title":"Zipline and Walmart bring drone delivery to Denton","publisher":"City of Denton","url":"https://www.cityofdenton.com/CivicAlerts.asp?AID=1251","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"official_page","publishedAt":"2026-03-25","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_faa_part135_zipline","title":"Package Delivery by Drone (Part 135)","publisher":"Federal Aviation Administration","url":"https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_operations/package_delivery_drone","origin":"regulator","mediaType":"official_page","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"regulator"},{"id":"src_freightwaves_zipline_mesquite","title":"Zipline drone delivery takes flight in Texas with Walmart – for free","publisher":"FreightWaves","url":"https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zipline-drone-delivery-takes-flight-in-texas-with-walmart-for-free","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"news_report","publishedAt":"2025-04-09","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_dronexl_zipline_cypress","title":"Zipline drone parachutes onto Highway 6 in Cypress","publisher":"DroneXL","url":"https://dronexl.co/2026/09/05/zipline-drone-parachute-highway-6-houston-cypress/","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"news_report","publishedAt":"2026-09-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"}],"canonicalUrl":"https://itsalive.ai/products/zipline-p2"}