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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nOne solution we\u2019ve been working on over the last year is\ndelivery via drone. Today we\u2019re announcing we\u2019ll be expanding our DroneUp\ndelivery network to 34 sites by the end of the year, providing the potential to\nreach 4 million U.S. households across six states \u2013 Arizona, Arkansas, Florida,\nTexas, Utah and Virginia. This provides us the ability to deliver over 1\nmillion packages by drone in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., customers will\nbe able to order from tens of thousands of eligible items, such as Tylenol,\ndiapers and hot dog buns, for delivery by air in as little as 30 minutes. For a\ndelivery fee of $3.99, customers can order items totaling up to 10 pounds, so\nsimply put, if it fits safely it flies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After completing hundreds of deliveries within a matter of\nmonths across our existing DroneUp hubs, we\u2019ve seen firsthand how drones can\noffer customers a practical solution for getting certain items, fast. More\nimportantly, we\u2019ve seen a positive response from our customers that have used\nthe service. In fact, while we initially thought customers would use the\nservice for emergency items, we\u2019re finding they use it for its sheer\nconvenience, like a quick fix for a weeknight meal. Case in point: The\ntop-selling item at one of our current hubs is Hamburger Helper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nParticipating stores will house a DroneUp delivery hub\ninclusive of a team of certified pilots, operating within FAA guidelines, that\nsafely manage flight operations for deliveries. Once a customer places an\norder, the item is fulfilled from the store, packaged, loaded into the drone\nand delivered right to their yard using a cable that gently lowers the package. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The customer has always been at the center of our focus at\nWalmart, and we look for partners that are as laser-focused on customer\nexperience as we are. DroneUp has been a reliable partner as we\u2019ve tested this\nsolution and their capabilities will enable our business to scale with speed\nwhile maintaining a high caliber of safety and quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Walmart packages aren\u2019t the only thing the drones will\ndeliver. A core value at Walmart is to give back to the communities in which we\noperate, which is why as we scale our drone infrastructure, we\u2019ll continue to\ninfluence the expansion of drone technology and enable other businesses to\nexplore its benefits, too. This means DroneUp will offer local businesses and\nmunicipalities aerial drone solutions in areas like insurance, emergency\nresponse and real estate. For example, a local construction agency can work\nwith DroneUp to monitor on-site job progress through aerial drone photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not only will the added revenue help offset the cost of\ndelivery, but it also serves the entire drone industry by gathering more flight\ndata as we work together to expand drone operations in a safe and regulated\nway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our founder Mr. Sam once said, \u201cI have always been driven to\nbuck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they\u2019ve been.\u201d We\u2019re\ndoing just that with drone technology, making it a feasible solution that we\nknow customers and communities will enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By David Guggina, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Automation, Walmart U.S. We continue to expand our delivery operations to help customers get the items they need when they need them, and it\u2019s been an exciting journey. From Express delivery, where customers can have items delivered to their doorstep in as little as two hours, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DroneUp_Walmart_Pilot-edit.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230","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=22230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22234,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230\/revisions\/22234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}