Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in the Memphis, Tennessee, area

According to an article published Nov. 15, 2026, Wing and Walmart have launched drone delivery service in the Memphis metropolitan area. The initial rollout covers areas around three Walmart Supercenters in Bartlett and Cordova, Tennessee, and West Memphis, Arkansas, making the service available to tens of thousands of households. Eligible customers can order thousands of Walmart items, with delivery in as little as 30 minutes, the companies say.

The launch is a store-based drone delivery service covering tens of thousands of households around three Walmart stores, serving a different part of the process than automation at regional distribution centers. The delivery time of as little as 30 minutes is a condition stated by the companies; additional information, including the area served and number of deliveries, is needed to assess average delivery times and operational performance.

What this rollout makes concrete is the service area based around stores, rather than a broader delivery network concept. The service is described as covering areas around three stores in Bartlett, Cordova and West Memphis, not the entire Memphis metropolitan area. The figures for tens of thousands of households, thousands of items and delivery in as little as 30 minutes indicate the service's stated availability and terms, but do not show the distribution of actual delivery times, order volume or utilization rate. It is important not to interpret the stated minimum delivery time as average delivery performance. This newspaper reported on Forbes' coverage of Wing and Walmart drone delivery in Memphis. This article also covers the Memphis rollout, but the locations of the three stores, the number of items and the shortest delivery time outlined here help define the service more specifically. By contrast, [Wing plans to invest up to $125 million in U.S. drone manufacturing, targeting annual capacity of tens of thousands of units](/en/news/wing-to-invest-up-to-125-million-in-u-s-drone-manufacturing-targeting-41a1bb) covered manufacturing capacity plans, which concern a different stage from the delivery locations and service area in this article. The information provided does not establish that the manufacturing plan will directly determine the scale of operations in this region. Walmart's logistics automation should also be considered by stage. Walmart expands deal with Symbotic, committing about $6 billion over multiple years covered automation at regional distribution centers, while the drone delivery in this article covers deliveries from stores to homes. There is no basis for treating the two as the same equipment plan or as an integrated operation, but it is useful to track warehouses and distribution centers separately from last-mile delivery. What remains to be confirmed includes the service areas and number of deliveries for each of the three stores, actual delivery times, and operating conditions such as weather. The expansion to nearly 20 metropolitan areas by 2027 reported in the article is a plan; it does not specify when each market will launch or the scale of operations there. How the Memphis launch connects to a nationwide rollout will need to be assessed against future announcements.