Matternet M2

Facts

• Company: Matternet
• Product type: UAV
• Status: Certified Delivery Drone
• Website: https://www.matternet.com/our-system-aircraft

Market context

Matternet M2 is a certified delivery drone for healthcare and enterprise logistics, combining the aircraft with cloud and station infrastructure.

• Target environment: Urban and suburban healthcare logistics routes, including hospital and laboratory transport corridors.
• Workflow context: Point-to-point medical payload movement, scheduled route operations and automated battery or payload handling.
• Customer context: Healthcare systems, drone delivery operators and logistics partners operating regulated medical transport.
• Deployment model: Certified aircraft deployed as part of Matternet's delivery system.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially deployed certified aircraft with FAA Type Certification, reported commercial delivery history and regulated operations.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on route approvals, medical workflow integration, station footprint, operating economics and local aviation rules.
• Market position: Certified medical and enterprise drone-delivery aircraft.
• Adjacent products: Flytrex Sky2, Zipline Platform 2, Wing delivery aircraft

Audience

Healthcare

Workflow

Point-to-point medical payload movement, scheduled route operations and automated battery or payload handling.

Capability

Autonomous drone operations

Deployment environment

Urban and suburban healthcare logistics routes, including hospital and laboratory transport corridors.

Specifications

• Aircraft Class: Certified delivery quadcopter
• Dimensions: 1.28 m x 1.28 m x 0.26 m with propellers / 50.4 in x 50.4 in x 10.2 in
• Range: 20 km max range km
• Operating Altitude: 121 m / 400 ft max operating altitude
• Mtow Kg: 13.2 kg
• Payload Capacity Kg: 2 kg
• Speed Range: 57.6 km/h / 31 kn km/h
• Density Altitude: 2,712 m / 8,900 ft max density altitude
• Wind Tolerance: 8 m/s, gusting 12 m/s / 15.5 kn gusting 23 kn
• Temperature Range: -17.7 C to 45 C / 0 F to 113 F
• Noise Level: 67.8 dBA max noise level
• Certification: FAA Type Certificate; SORA SAIL III authorization in dense urban European operations; FAA Production Certificate manufacturing
• Battery Swap: Battery and payload swap by operator or robotic station in less than 60 seconds
• Command And Control: Cellular connectivity to Matternet Cloud for automated operations
• Cellular Bands: 4G/LTE cellular bands B2, B4 and B17 for command and control
• Deployment Modes: Fast deployment landing pad, 24/7 auto-swap battery and payload, tether drop and moving-vehicle support
• Commercial Track Record: Matternet reports over 50,000 commercial autonomous deliveries and more than five years of UPS Flight Forward operation

Tags

• Peer Group: Medical logistics operator, Medical transport robotics, Aerial delivery robotics
• Workflow: Healthcare hospitality robot delivery
• Capability: Autonomous drone operations

Articles

• 2024-07-01 - Article - Matternet is building M2 drones into certified urban delivery

Timeline / Research

• 2026-04-24 - Deployment - Matternet launches NHS medical drone delivery operations in Central London - Matternet launched medical drone delivery operations for the NHS in Central London using its M2 drone system. The se…
• 2024-10-04 - Deployment - Matternet launches home drone delivery service in Silicon Valley - Matternet launched a commercial drone delivery service for food and small goods in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. The system use…
• 2022-11-30 - Regulatory - Matternet receives FAA Production Certificate for M2 drone delivery system - Matternet received an FAA Production Certificate allowing it to manufacture its M2 drone delivery system. The certif…
• 2022-09-07 - Regulatory - Matternet M2 becomes first delivery drone to receive FAA Type Certification - The Matternet M2 became the first drone delivery aircraft to receive FAA Type Certification. The certification vali…

Sources

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