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Wing to expand Walmart drone deliveries to 270+ stores by 2027

Wing will add 150 Walmart stores to its drone delivery network, growing the service to more than 270 stores by 2027. The move scales Wing’s commercial last-mile operations with Walmart, accelerating neighborhood aerial logistics and testing operational throughput at regional scale.

Discovered 2026-01-11T18:36:17.760101-08:00 | 2026-01-11T18:36:17.760101-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Scale: Adds 150 stores, taking the Wing–Walmart network to 270+ locations by 2027 — a measurable step toward commercial-scale last-mile drone logistics and higher-frequency operations; builds on the Atlanta commercial launch.
  • Regulatory & operational testbed: Expansion follows recent local permits for Charlotte and Atlanta suburbs, increasing the geographic scope for validating airspace integration, neighborhood flight procedures and throughput.
  • Data and economics: Deploying across hundreds of stores will generate operational metrics (flight cadence, delivery times, reliability) that are critical to assessing the viability of retailer-led drone logistics at scale.

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