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\u201cWhen we invested in DroneUp earlier this year, we\nenvisioned a drone delivery operation that could be quickly executed and\nreplicated across multiple stores,\u201d said Tom Ward, senior vice president of\nlast mile at Walmart U.S. \u201cOpening our first hub within months of our initial\nconcept showcases DroneUp\u2019s ability to safely execute drone delivery operations\nwith speed. We\u2019re already hearing great customer feedback at our first site in\nFarmington, Arkansas, and look forward to opening additional locations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DroneUp\u2019s delivery operation provides Walmart customers a\nsafe, convenient, fast, and sustainable delivery option on thousands of items \u2013\neven the most fragile \u2013 powered by a crew of skilled operators. Enjoying the\nbenefits of drone delivery is as easy as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Verify: Customer enters their address to verify\neligibility.<\/li>
- Shop: Customer selects from thousands of items\nfor delivery.<\/li>
- Secure: Operators pack the order and secure the\nbox to the drone using a patented delivery release mechanism.<\/li>
- Deliver: The flight engineer manages a\ncontrolled and guided delivery, placing the order gently at the customer\u2019s\nhome.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Eligible customers in Farmington, AR can begin placing\norders today at droneupdelivery.com. The additional locations at Walmart\nNeighborhood Market #5837 in Rogers, AR and Walmart Supercenter #100 in\nBentonville, AR, are planned to open in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeaming up with Walmart to launch three delivery Hubs marks\na significant leap forward in the broader use of UAS to provide last-mile\nconsumer delivery services and supply chain efficiency options,\u201d said Tom\nWalker, CEO, DroneUp. \u201cWalmart and DroneUp provide an unrivaled ability to\npick, pack, and deliver via drones directly from the store to consumers\noffering efficiencies no other retailer can match. We are proud of our team\u2019s\nability to deliver the technology helping Walmart launch a new era of\ncommercial drone operations.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walmart is well-positioned to be the drone delivery leader\nas it already has significant infrastructure in place to serve the public \u2013\nmore than 4,700 stores stocked with 120,000 of the most purchased items,\nlocated within 10 miles of over 90 percent of the U.S. population. Similarly,\nDroneUp\u2019s airport \u201cHubs\u201d house convenient on-site operations where FAA\ncertified flight engineers can conduct multiple and simultaneous deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drones are uniquely valuable due to their flexibility,\nspeed, and low cost. Drones also require fewer fossil fuel-powered vehicles for\nshort delivery trips. DroneUp has worked closely and continuously with the FAA\nto ensure the safe operation of drones in the National Airspace and has more\nthan 190 active waivers and authorizations with the FAA to support DroneUp\nflights across the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DroneUp, LLC and Walmart announced the first multi-site commercial drone delivery operations. The three locations, which will be located at Walmart stores in Northwest Arkansas, will operate from 8:00 a.m. \u00c2\u00ad\u2013 8:00 p.m., seven days per week, to deliver items to eligible Walmart customers by air in as little as 30 minutes. \u201cWhen we invested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arkansas","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20388,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20385\/revisions\/20388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}