The city of West Memphis, Arkansas, held a ribbon-cutting for Walmart and Wing drone delivery on 2 November with Mayor Marco McLendon and announced what it called the Mid-South's first drone delivery service, DroneXL reports. No other city in Arkansas has claimed the service.
Neither company announced anything. Wing's own site, checked on 6 November, lists 19 Walmart metro areas, none in Arkansas, and still shows Memphis as coming soon. Local station WREG found that drone delivery was not available at West Memphis addresses on the afternoon of the ribbon-cutting.
The city's post said Walmart orders would soon be delivered by drone but named no store, launch date, delivery area or number of aircraft. Walmart and Wing named Memphis among seven new metro areas in June.
