Walgreens, Wing’s largest customer in the U.S., will stage drone deliveries from a store parking lot in the town of Little Elm, Texas
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Wing’s drones travel 65 miles per hour and can carry up to 3.3 pounds of goods. Travel time to a destination is typically under 10 minutes, according to Wing, and the drones have a range of 12 miles round trip. The drones are roughly four feet long with a wingspan of over three feet and weigh approximately 10 pounds, the company said.Photo:At the Little Elm operation, Walgreens team members will stand by to attach delivery items to lines dropped by hovering drones.
Texas Health Resources, a network of nonprofit hospitals, said it’s in early discussions to expand the scope of a program to deliver first-aid kits. One possibility is using drones to ship medical supplies between facilities.
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