Drone delivery company Flytrex expands with new Texas factory

Drone food delivery company Flytrex is doubling down on Texas with a new drone manufacturing and maintenance facility near Dallas, signaling just how serious the company is about scaling aerial food deliveries across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

The new facility, located in Pilot Point, Texas, will act as the operational backbone for Flytrex’s ambitious expansion plans. The company says it wants to grow to 60 delivery sites across DFW by mid-2027, potentially bringing drone delivery access to around five million residents.

The nearly 8,000-square-foot site is designed to handle everything from drone assembly and maintenance to pre-production test flights. Flytrex says the facility will eventually employ about 50 workers and produce roughly 1,000 drones annually as more delivery hubs come online across North Texas.

That local-first strategy is becoming a major part of Flytrex’s pitch. Instead of building drones elsewhere and shipping them into operating markets, the company plans to assemble, test, and maintain its aircraft in the same region where customers are ordering food.

According to Flytrex CEO and co-founder Amit Regev, Dallas-Fort Worth has become the company’s “proving ground” for large-scale drone delivery operations. “Opening this facility is about more than capacity — it’s about putting down roots,” Regev says. “That’s how we scale responsibly and sustainably.”

The timing also aligns with a growing push for domestically manufactured drone systems in the US. In 2025, the White House signed an executive order encouraging federal agencies to prioritize American-made drones while strengthening the country’s drone manufacturing base. That broader political climate could help companies like Flytrex position themselves as homegrown alternatives in an increasingly competitive drone industry.

The facility will also build Flytrex’s newly announced Sky2 delivery drone, which the company says can carry up to 8.8 pounds — a significant payload for food delivery operations. That larger carrying capacity could allow restaurants to send bigger family-sized orders or multiple meals in a single trip.

Flytrex has steadily emerged as one of the more aggressive players in the US drone delivery race. The company has already completed more than 200,000 deliveries nationwide and is among only a handful of operators with FAA authorization for Beyond Visual Line of Sight, or BVLOS, drone operations.

The company has also landed partnerships with major food delivery platforms, including DoorDash and Uber Eats, with Uber Eats previously making its first drone-delivery investment through its Flytrex partnership.

Flytrex’s next DFW expansion step arrives in Rowlett, Texas, where a new delivery site is expected to launch in May. That addition alone will expand the company’s local service reach to nearly 200,000 people, with several more sites planned throughout 2026.

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