Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:23:30 AM
10:00 am ET June 17, 2021 (BusinessWire) Print
CEO and President of Walmart's U.S. business, John Furner, released the following memo early Thursday morning:
In our ongoing effort to get customers the items they want, and fast, we know it will take a well-coordinated network of delivery solutions that span the streets, sidewalks and skies. Some of these solutions are still emerging but they're already showing encouraging results.
Last year, we partnered with DroneUp, a nationwide drone services provider, to launch trial deliveries of at-home COVID-19 self-collection kits. The trial demonstrated we could offer customers delivery in minutes versus hours. Now, after safely completing hundreds of drone deliveries from Walmart stores, we're making an investment in DroneUp to continue our work towards developing a scalable last mile delivery solution.
DroneUp operates an on-demand drone delivery network that matches their database of more than 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified pilots to missions nationwide. Since partnering with DroneUp last year, we've valued their technological expertise, world-class operations and experienced management team - and their commitment to helping the FAA ensure the highest levels of safety with every delivery. As a well-respected industry innovator, DroneUp was the first operator to use the FAA 107.39 waiver, an operation that allows for delivery flights to be conducted over people and moving vehicles. DroneUp operates commercially throughout the U.S. and is an authorized government drone services provider for 11 U.S. states serving public sector organizations.
Walmart already has a significant part of the infrastructure in place - 4,700 stores stocked with more than 100,000 of the most purchased items, located within 10 miles of 90% of the U.S. population. This makes us uniquely positioned to execute drone deliveries, which is why our investment in DroneUp won't just apply to the skies but also the ground. In the coming months we'll be beginning our first operation at a store in Bentonville, Arkansas.
In April, we announced a similar investment in Cruise, an all-electric autonomous vehicle company. Through these commitments, we're learning how these technologies can get customers the items they need.
Conducting drone deliveries at scale is within reach. DroneUp's expertise combined with our retail footprint and proven history of logistics innovation puts us right where we want to be for that day. Because when it comes to the future of drone delivery, we know the sky's the limit.
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