Wal-Mart, funded by drone distribution drones, starts production services _ retail and logistics industry news sites [diamond chain stores online]

　On June 17th, Wal-Mart announced that it would invest in the upgrading of drones in the United States (DroneUp, Virginia), a drone delivery service. Wal-Mart last year conducted an empirical experiment with drones on drone delivery and will strengthen its partnership with the company through funding. The amount of capital contribution was not disclosed.

　Wal-Mart and drones have conducted an empirical experiment since September 2020, using drones to distribute sample collection kits for novel coronavirus's infectious disease testing from stores in Nevada and New York. According to John Fanner, president and CEO of Wal-Mart's American operations, "hundreds of drone deliveries have been safely completed".

　Drones organize more than 10, 000 pilots identified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States, and send pilots according to the requirements of customer enterprises. Wal-Mart plans to launch drone delivery services at its Arkansas stores in the coming months.

　Wal-Mart has about 4700 stores in the United States, and 90% of the population lives within 10 miles of Wal-Mart stores. In order to enhance the delivery of the last mile from the store to the home of EC (online mail order) users, the company has conducted experiments on the distribution of self-driving cars in addition to drones. In April, he said he had injected capital into Cruise, the self-driving car development company owned by GM.