NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Walmart on Tuesday, September 22 announced it is testing contactless drone delivery of "at home Covid-19 self-collection kits," the retail giant's latest drone-delivery project.<br /><br />Walmart is working with Quest Diagnostics, which makes the tests, and DroneUp, a drone services provider, to launch trial deliveries of collection kits.<br /><br />Walmart senior vice president of customer product, Tom Ward, said in a company announcement Tuesday that the kits will be delivered "on the driveway, front sidewalk, or backyard of the customer's home, depending on where there are cars and trees.<br /><br />The trial started at a Walmart Supercenter in North Las Vegas on Tuesday. It will expand to a Walmart Supercenter in Cheektowaga, New York early next month.<br /><br />Participating customers must live in a single-family residence within a one-mile radius of one of the two Walmart stores.<br /><br />Earlier this month, Walmart announced drone delivery trials for groceries and household products with California-based company Zipline and Israeli startup Flytrex and Zipline.
