Meituan

Meituan operates autonomous delivery by drone and ground robot alongside its commerce platform. Its fourth-generation drones support urban routes, while Little Hornet robots serve airports and a low-altitude network has completed more than 900,000 orders.

Facts

Segment: Delivery
Country: China
Website: https://www.meituan.com/en

Supply

Benewake - Inbound - Perception - Meituan logistics drones are recorded as a Benewake UAV terrain-following lidar customer case - source: en.benewake.com
Hesai Technology - Inbound - Perception - Meituan robovan logistics programs are recorded within Hesai lidar order/customer evidence - source: investor.hesaitech.com

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Timeline

2026-05-21 - Capability - Meituan puts low-altitude delivery network into regular operation - The company introduced M-Drone 4L Winch, M-Port 3 and M-DaaS 3 as an integrated logistics system. Meituan said the network had completed more than 900,000 real customer orders. The company began recruiting authorised service providers to expand the model… - source: meituan.com
2026-04-29 - Deployment - Meituan delivery robots enter Chongqing airport - The indoor-outdoor robots entered service at the airport's T3 terminal on April 29. Passengers can order from terminal merchants in the Meituan app and receive goods at departure gates. Meituan reported nearly 37,000 cumulative Little Hornet deliveries and… - source: meituan.com
2025-04-22 - Regulatory - Meituan earns nationwide low-altitude logistics certificate for delivery drones - The Civil Aviation Administration of China reviewed Meituan's fourth-generation drone. The certificate allows regular commercial drone delivery services across China. Meituan had opened 53 delivery routes and completed more than 450,000 drone orders by the… - source: global.chinadaily.com.cn

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Relations

Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport - Airport Deployment - Meituan Little Hornet robots deliver to airport gates in Chongqing.
Dubai - Commercial Deployment - Meituan opened commercial BVLOS drone-delivery routes in Dubai.

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Deployments

Completed Field Mission - first cross-sea drone delivery in Hong Kong - 2025-03-20 - Hong Kong cross-sea route - low-altitude logistics delivery - Meituan's Keeta Drone completed a cross-sea low-altitude logistics delivery in Hong Kong and prepared the route for regular operation. … - source: keetadrone.com

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