Zipline Drone Delivery Takes Flight in Texas With Walmart

Free service offers aerial transport of more than 65,000 products in 30 minutes or less, including in rain and strong winds.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 02:24 PM ET

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Zipline’s Platform 2 (P2) delivery drone, debuting this week in Dallas-Fort Worth, releases an autonomous ‘Zip’ to deliver cargo with precision. [Courtesy: Zipline]

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Zipline has officially launched its drone delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with Walmart, offering rapid delivery of over 65,000 items in 30 minutes or less to eligible Mesquite residents.
The service utilizes Zipline's new Platform 2 (P2) system, designed for quiet, precise urban and suburban deliveries, capable of operating effectively even in rain or 45 mph winds.
This launch marks Zipline's significant entry into the U.S. home delivery market, building on its extensive global experience in medical drone logistics and intensifying competition with other drone delivery providers.

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After hundreds of thousands of test flights and years of piloting drone delivery in the U.S., Zipline has officially taken flight in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with partner Walmart.

The world’s largest drone delivery provider announced Tuesday that residents located within 2 miles of a Walmart Supercenter in the suburb of Mesquite are eligible for delivery of more than 65,000 items in 30 minutes or less. Zipline told FLYING the first order in Mesquite included a dozen eggs, a bag of Popcorners chips, and flower bulbs for spring gardening. The company said Walmart will set the price of the service, which at launch is available for free.