Irish drone delivery startup Manna is building a 1,000-person US factory in Tulsa to take on Zipline and Wing
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Manna committing to a 1,000-person US manufacturing and operations hub in Tulsa is a bet that drone delivery is moving from pilot to scaled logistics. Retailers and QSR chains in the region should be shortlisting aerial partners now — route density and early regulatory relationships will be hard to replicate later.
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