Manna Adds Tulsa Jobs and U.S. Motor Supplier

Manna says it has hired its first 100 Tulsa employees and secured a U.S. motor supplier for drone delivery expansion. Aviation Week.

New detail in the U.S. buildout

Aviation Week reported October 15 that Manna has hired its first 100 employees in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and secured an American motor supplier, citing chief executive Bobby Healy. The report also says Healy has relocated to Tulsa and other leaders are following. These are fresh staffing and sourcing details within a broader expansion Manna first announced in July.

From service base to supply chain

Manna’s earlier official announcement described Tulsa as its first full-scale U.S. operating base and set an ambition of more than 1,000 local jobs over three years. The newly reported motor arrangement is relevant because propulsion procurement affects aircraft production, replacement parts and maintenance. The supplier was not named in the accessible Aviation Week account, and no production volumes or contract terms were disclosed.

What expansion does not yet prove

A larger team and a domestic component supplier can support scale, but they do not establish that planned delivery bases, manufacturing capacity or service coverage have already been achieved. Local airspace permissions, weather reliability, unit costs, community acceptance and sustained demand will determine how fast the network grows.

Industry context

Drone delivery companies increasingly have to build operations, maintenance and logistics systems alongside aircraft. Manna is joining other operators that are expanding U.S. service, but its path depends on the economics and approvals of each market. The accessible Aviation Week excerpt is limited by a subscription wall; this article uses only the facts shown publicly and Manna’s earlier official expansion statement.

Sources

Aviation Week; Manna Air Delivery