Walmart drone delivery testing in North Carolina city
New York, Sept. 9, 2020: US-based retail stores Walmart said in its press release that they are testing on-demand drone delivery with Flytrex.
The pilot program launched in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and focuses on delivering select grocery and household essential items from Walmart stores using Flytrex’s automated drones.
Tom Ward, Senior Vice President, Customer Product, Walmart said, "From being an early pioneer of universal bar codes and electronic scanning cash registers to our work on autonomous vehicle delivery, we’re working to understand how these technologies can impact the future of our business and help us better serve our customers."
Last week, Amazon won regulatory approval to deliver packages by drone, but the company said it was still testing the self-piloting a...