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In the future, residents of Dallas and Fort Worth will be able to order fast food, vegetables, essential household items, and medicine to their homes by air, according to a joint announcement by Walmart and drone operator Wing.

Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, delivered its first drone in 2014. In the announcement posted on their blog, they confirmed that their machines now fly autonomously, and human operators at the center monitor the activities of several machines at the same time. the time. Wing was the first drone operator to receive an operating license from the US Federal Aviation Administration, and since then, 50,000 orders have been shipped.

The drones will be able to deliver Wal-Mart products, the largest supermarket chain in the United States, within a radius of about ten kilometers from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. The service is available 6 days a week, except Wednesday.

The company also stated in its announcement that its planes fly at a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour, and that the required goods are delivered within half an hour, and the deep eggs also arrive intact.

(Suite blog)