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Walmart and Wing Take Store-to-Drone Delivery Coast to Coast
Walmart and Wing are expanding their drone delivery partnership to an additional 150 stores.
Key Points
- Walmart and Wing are expanding their drone delivery partnership to an additional 150 stores, creating a network that will reach over 40 million Americans.
- The nationwide expansion follows successful tests in Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta, where delivery volume tripled in the last six months.
- The service uses Wing's drones, which travel up to 60 mph, to deliver grocery items weighing up to five pounds directly to customers' homes.
- This large-scale rollout moves drone delivery from a niche experiment to a mainstream service, directly challenging Amazon in the last-mile delivery market.
Walmart and Alphabet’s Wing are massively expanding their drone delivery partnership to an additional 150 stores over the next year. The move will eventually create a network of over 270 drone-equipped locations by 2027, reaching more than 40 million Americans and directly challenging Amazon in the delivery speed wars.
From test to takeoff: The nationwide push comes after successful tests in Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta, where the companies say delivery volume tripled in just the last six months. New service areas will now include major hubs like Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Miami, with Wing declaring, "The question is no longer if... it’s when."
Eggs from the sky: The service relies on Wing's drones, which can travel up to 60 mph to deliver items weighing up to five pounds. TechCrunch first reported that popular orders include groceries like eggs and avocados. Wing CEO Adam Woodworth said the goal is to prove that delivering "critical, everyday items in minutes makes a significant difference for families."
This large-scale rollout moves drone delivery from a niche experiment to a mainstream convenience service, signaling that the battle for the last mile is officially moving from the road to the air. The expansion comes as the FAA works to create a clearer pathway for longer-distance drone operations.
