Flytrex, the drone delivery operator behind the Sky2 pizza drone, has started building and testing its aircraft in Pilot Point, Texas. The move brings assembly, maintenance, and flight testing to North Texas as the company races to scale operations across suburban neighborhoods.
The nearly 8,000-square-foot Pilot Point facility can turn out roughly 1,000 drones a year and is set to grow staff from about 20 employees to roughly 50, according to The Dallas Morning News. Co-founder Amit Regev told the paper, "We can't really keep up with the demand that we're seeing at the sites," as Flytrex shifts some production out of Tel Aviv and into the region.
Sky2 Can Carry Family Meals
Flytrex's Sky2 drone can haul up to 8.8 pounds, enough for two large pizzas plus sides, and uses a tether to gently lower orders to customers within roughly a four-mile radius, according to FLYING. The larger payload is meant to let operators carry higher-ticket orders and make drone delivery more economically sensible.
Scaling Across DFW
Flytrex already runs a delivery site in Little Elm and a hub in Wylie, with another launch site expected in Rowlett in the coming days. The company told The Dallas Morning News it aims to cover roughly 5 million people in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, up from about 200,000 now, and to reach roughly 60 sites around North Texas by mid-2027.
Local staff describe the Pilot Point shop as a working flight-test and repair hub that will support a growing fleet and new launch pads across suburbs like Plano, Hurst, and Fort Worth, and the company plans to hire pilots, runners, and technicians to fill about 50 positions, CBS News Texas reports. A regional operations manager told the station the facility "will be supporting about 1,500 drones out in the DFW metroplex" while runners shuttle orders from restaurants to launch sites and customers watch flights in the app.
Partners And The Ordering Flow
Flytrex has integrated with DoorDash and Uber Eats and recently added a direct line into Little Caesars' ordering system so family meals can be routed straight to the Sky2 launcher, according to Restaurant Dive. Those kinds of platforms and POS integrations are what operators say will make aerial delivery simple enough for everyday customers.
But neighborhood concerns remain. Residents and local planners have raised questions about noise, safety, and weather-related fallbacks as operators scale, a pattern that drone drop drama has flagged in recent local coverage of North Texas drone pilots. As regulators work on routine beyond-visual-line-of-sight rules, Flytrex says it is testing weather-robust procedures and keeping human backups available for days when flying is not safe.
Putting assembly and testing on Texas soil makes the region part of Flytrex's supply chain as well as its service area, which may speed rollouts of new launch sites and hardware tweaks. If production and hiring meet targets, residents should expect to see more launch pads and delivery flights across North Texas over the next year as the company works to normalize airborne takeout.
