Walmart is launching three full-time DroneUp airport hubs for on-demand delivery operations. The first operation has already taken flight at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Farmington, Ark.
The program features three locations at Walmart stores, making it the first multi-site commercial drone delivery operation. Each will operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days per week and will deliver items to eligible Walmart customers by air in as quickly as 30 minutes. The two other sites will begin business in the coming months, Walmart said in a release.
"When we invested in drone delivery earlier this year, we envisioned an operation that could be quickly executed and replicated across multiple stores," Tom Ward, senior vice president of last mile at Walmart US, said in prepared remarks.
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