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Flytrex, Nash focus on flexible delivery, not just drones

Flytrex and Nash have partnered to provide the best delivery service from restaurant to home, whether via drone or food courier.

Source: Flytrex

August 13, 2026 by Amy Sorter — Writer and Editor, Connect Media

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Amit Regev, courtesy of Flytrex

Drone delivery is getting plenty of attention in the restaurant industry, but not all food orders can, or should, be delivered by air.

Drone delivery service Flytrex and logistics orchestration platform Nash believe that the future of delivery means choosing the best method for each order, whether via drone or ground courier.

The companies recently partnered to create an autonomous-first, multimodal delivery platform that evaluates orders to determine the most appropriate fulfillment method.

"We don't view drones and ground couriers as competing solutions. They're complementary," Flytrex CEO Amit Regev told FastCasual in an email interview.

Making the right call

Flytrex operates on an "autonomous first" philosophy for deliveries on behalf of restaurant partners including Little Caesars and Jersey Mike's. But weather, order characteristics and other factors can make a drone impractical for a particular delivery.

That's where Nash comes in. As orders enter the Flytrex system, Nash analyzes each one and selects the appropriate fulfillment method. Orders that are approved for drone delivery are routed through Flytrex's autonomous network. If a drone isn't the right option, Nash sends the order to a ground courier.

"The customer doesn't need to think about any of this," Regev said.

Merchants don't have to manage the decision-making, either. Restaurants can continue interacting with the Flytrex platform as they normally would, while the technology handles routing and order filling in the background.

The approach allows restaurants to take advantage of autonomous delivery where it makes sense without forcing every order into the same delivery model.

Expanding the model

Flytrex has been building its presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since launching operations there in 2022. The company partnered with DoorDash in 2025 and opened an 8,000-square-foot drone manufacturing and maintenance facility in Pilot Point, Texas, in 2026.

The Nash integration is already operational with Flytrex's existing DFW sites. The companies said the system is designed to work with both existing and future restaurant partners, although they are not announcing additional ones at this time.

Flytrex and Nash are targeting 50 new locations in the Dallas area over the next few months, with expansion into additional markets beginning in early 2027. As Flytrex adds sites, the Nash integration will expand with it.

"The process goes beyond using multiple delivery modes to making autonomous delivery the default option while intelligently orchestrating all available fulfillment methods behind the scenes," Regev said.

"That allows merchants to maximize the use of autonomous delivery without sacrificing reliability or customer experience when drones aren't the optimal choice."

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