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Walmart Invests in Last-Mile Drone Delivery: ‘The Sky’s the Limit’

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After completing hundreds of drone deliveries, Walmart is investing in DroneUp to develop a scalable last-mile drone delivery solution.
Last year, Walmart partnered with DroneUp, a nationwide drone services provider, to launch trial deliveries of at-home COVID-19 self-collection kits.
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After safely completing hundreds of drone deliveries from Walmart stores, the mass merchant is making an investment in DroneUp to continue developing a scalable last-mile delivery solution, John Furner, CEO and president of Walmart U.S., said. The news follows Walmart’s prior drone tests with Flytrex and Zipline, a service that began operating in 2016 by…

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