Drones
Zipline and Walmart started drone deliveries from the Walmart Supercenter in Mesquite, Texas, Zipline's first Walmart flights in Texas.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“Zipline and Walmart begin deliveries from the Mesquite Supercenter at Belt Line Road and U.S. 80 the week of April 8, 2025”
What it means
Zipline, from Zipline, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Zipline
- DroneXL counts more than 30 Zipline sites across the US, with more being added.
- A Zipline drone opened its parachute on the way to a pickup and landed on Highway 6 in Cypress, near Houston. DroneXL reports no injuries or damage.
- Cleveland Clinic announced it had begun drone delivery of some prescription medicines with Zipline, within five miles of its Beachwood campus in Ohio.
- A Zipline drone flying for Walmart had a fault, opened its emergency parachute and came down on a street in Greenville, Texas. No one was hurt.
- Zipline said it had passed 2 million deliveries and raised more than $600 million, valuing the company at $7.6 billion.
- Zipline said it had made one million paid drone deliveries worldwide.