Wal-Mart delivers drone delivery at 3000 stores nationwide ... Covers 70% of the population (BUSINESS INSIDER JAPAN) --Yahoo! News

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A drone hovering over Wal-Mart's parking lot.

Wal-Mart has partnered with drone startups to expand its autonomous delivery network. [See all images] Wal-Mart delivers drone delivery at 3,000 stores nationwide ... Covers 70% of the population Wal-Mart partnered with Zipline and Drone Up in November 2021 to begin operations in two cities in Arkansas. The expansion of drone services is expected to alleviate the impact of labor shortages.

Walmart continues to invest in the drone delivery business to deliver packages from the air to customers quickly and efficiently, making a big move.

Source: Insider

Since September 2020, Wal-Mart has partnered with three drone delivery startups, including Flytrex, Zipline, and DroneUp, to develop a variety of businesses.

Source: Walmart

In an interview with Insider in 2020, Tom Ward, senior vice president of last mile delivery at the company, said that each company's drone has its own role, and Wal-Mart said, "A very new and innovative way. We have been experimenting to improve (delivery) speed and convenience. "

A drone hovering over Wal-Mart's parking lot.

Source: Insider

According to Walmart, Drone Up partnered with diagnostic information service company Quest Diagnostics during the new Corona pandemic to offer COVID-19-related kits to customers in North Las Vegas and Cheektowaga, NY. Delivery ...

Source: Insider, Walmart

... Flightlex is testing groceries and everyday items in a residential area in Fayetteville, NC ...

Source: Insider, Walmart

... Zipline will deliver mainly health and welfare related products in Northwest Arkansas from December 17, 2021.

Source: Zipline

The partnership between Wal-Mart and the companies has been successful and is moving towards expanding and improving drone delivery operations.This is good news for people (90% of the US population) who live within a 16-kilometer radius of the company's 4700 stores in the United States.

Source: Insider

According to Industry Dive, FlightRex received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly over residential grounds in May 2021, adding more than 2,000 homes to serve in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Tata

Source: Industry Dive

Prior to obtaining a flight permit from the FAA, Flightlex drones could only fly on routes set up between distribution centers and outdoor recreation areas.The autonomous drone can carry up to 3 kilograms of luggage and fly a distance of 5.6 kilometers.

Source: Industry Dive, FlyTrex

Wal-Mart has expanded its partnership with drone-ups, with hundreds of COVID-19 test kit delivery tests demonstrating that delivery times can be reduced from hours to minutes.

Source: Walmart

The company's first "hub" airport is located at Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (WNM) in Farmington, Arkansas, and will work with two locations in the state, Rogers and Bentonville, to develop multiple locations.

Source: DroneUp, Forbes

Since the drone-based autonomous delivery service began in November 2021, customers have been able to receive thousands of products in as little as 30 minutes.

Source: DroneUp

"When we invested in drone-up in early 2021, we envisioned a drone delivery operation that could be delivered quickly and could be used in other stores," Ward said in a press release. .. "The fact that we were able to open the first hub within a few months of the concept demonstrates our ability to deliver safely and quickly."

Source: DroneUp

Drone Up has also recently acquired AirMap, a global airspace management software.This will improve the safety of unmanned aerial vehicles, improve delivery capacity, and solve labor shortages.

Source: DroneUp

Meanwhile, Wal-Mart and Zipline launched autonomous delivery operations in November 2021 after more than a year of preparation.

Source: Zipline

Zipline plans to deliver health foods such as medicines and thermometers to residents within a 80km radius of WNM in Pearidge, Arkansas, with a distribution center behind the store.

Source: Zipline

The drone can fly long distances, allowing rural residents and seniors at high health risk to get the supplies they need without having to go to the store, Ward said in a press release.

Source: Zipline

"Zipline's autonomous drones are now able to provide great services for on-demand delivery of what you need right now, such as thermometers, prescription-free medicines, and emergency diapers," Ward said.

Source: Zipline

Wal-Mart's expanding distribution network has been combined with the latest zipline and drone-up technology to provide delivery services from more than 3,000 stores nationwide.It is said that 70% of the total population of the United States can use it.

Source: Walmart

Wal-Mart also announced that it is now possible to deliver groceries by connecting the distribution center to WNM in Bentonville, Arkansas with a fully autonomous truck.

Source: Walmart

Wal-Mart also offers on-demand delivery services from companies such as Spark Driver, Roadie and Instacart.

Source: Zipline, Tech Crunch [Original: Walmart is making moves into drones ─ here's how they plan to do it] (Translation: Fumiko Nakata, Editing: Toshihiko Inoue)

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