Wing Drones to Deliver Walmart Goods in Seven More Cities

Wing, the autonomous drone delivery service, is expanding its partnership with Walmart to bring on-demand delivery to seven new U.S. cities.

Wing is already delivering Walmart goods to customers in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Greater Houston. The company has announced plans to expand to Orlando, Tampa, Charlotte, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Miami as well.

The new markets include Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Salt Lake City. This brings Wing and Walmart's total service footprint to nearly 20 U.S. markets.

Walmart has experimented with drone delivery for years, but successful deployments with Wing in Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta have upsized its commitment. In January, the companies announced plans to bring the on-demand drone-delivery service to an additional 150 Walmart stores.

"Our work with Walmart has shown that drone delivery isn’t just a novelty, it’s a service many customers count on multiple times per week," said Wing’s chief business officer, Heather Rivera.

• Consumers are using drone delivery more than you might think, with over 1 million commercial deliveries completed so far.
• Wing’s top 25% of customers use the service three times a week.
• The expansion is part of a broader plan to build a drone delivery network of over 270 Walmart locations by next year.

This is a significant milestone for Wing and Walmart, demonstrating the potential for on-demand drone delivery to become a mainstream service.