Starting today, Walmart customers can order items like baby food, toothpaste, or even eggs, for delivery by Wing drone, according to a Linkedin post from the company.
“This is our most ambitious year yet as we work with Walmart to deliver to more customers by drone than ever before, and there’s no better place to start than Greater Houston,” said Heather Rivera, Chief Business Officer at Wing. “We’ve seen how much Texans value having a fast, safe way to get what they need from the skies, and we are now serving one of the largest and most dynamic metropolitan areas in the country.”
According to the company, Wing and Walmart have already completed hundreds of thousands of drone deliveries across dozens of sites in the U.S. including the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and, most recently, Metro Atlanta
“The Greater Houston launch marks a critical milestone in Wing and Walmart’s path to redefine the future of retail delivery,” continued the company. Walmart and Wing recently announced new plans to continue expanding the service from coast-to-coast, bringing drone delivery to more than 270 stores across the nation.
“Wing’s highly automated, lightweight drones are custom-designed in the U.S. to operate safely in densely populated areas, flying at about 150 feet and reaching up to about 60 mph. The drones utilize a unique tether and winch system to gently lower packages weighing up to about 2.5 pounds to a precise spot about the size of a picnic blanket on a customer’s property.”
For more information
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/greater-houston-kicks-off-walmart-wings-biggest-expansion-year-yet-hqdrc/