U.S: Walmart Expands Drone Delivery “to 1.8 million Texas Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth Area”
Walmart is continuing its drone delivery expansion, offering services now to 1.8 million Texas homes, reports a press release. The supermarket retailer is working with Wing and Zipline to reach up to 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area’s population. The expansion also includes stores across more than 30 towns and municipalities in the region’s metroplex.
Walmart has stated that recent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) exemptions granted to both Wing and Zipline, allow the two drone delivery companies to fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), enabling this expansion.
The delivery radius for area stores providing the service will be up to 10 miles, an increase from the six mile range rolled out last year. Eligible customers can order thousands of items, ranging from household essentials to groceries, through Wing and Zipline’s websites.
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Prathibha Rajashekhar, Walmart U.S. Senior Vice President of Innovation and Automation, commented, “This expansion brings the ultimate convenience of drone delivery to communities across the DFW area. Customers will have access to a broad assortment of items from Walmart available for delivery to their home in just minutes.”
The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has become a hotspot for Walmart’s growing drone delivery ambitions after the company launched services there with DroneUp in 2022. Last August it debuted its delivery offering with Wing in two area cities, reaching 60,000 homes. Wing is to launch its latest drone delivery locations with Walmart in the coming months, with the expansion due to be completed this year.
Meanwhile, Zipline will begin integrating its own drone delivery capabilities into DFW Walmart stores later this year after conducting trials, so co-Founder and CEO, Keller Rinaud-Cliffton, states in an article on Zipline’s website.
He remarked, “Over time, we plan to serve millions of Dallas residents with thousands of quiet, fast, precise Zipline deliveries every day. It will feel like teleportation.”

The company currently offers delivery at a Walmart location in Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
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(Images: Wing and Zipline)