Walmart and DroneUp had operated together in four major metropolitan areas through much of 2024: Dallas-Fort Worth; Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Tampa, Fla.

Walmart and partner DroneUp boast one of the largest drone delivery services in the U.S. But after downsizing their network by more than half in August, the companies are going their separate ways.

DroneUp will be closing 18 Walmart delivery hubs in the cities, and 17 percent of DroneUp’s workforce (70 staffers) will lose their jobs, Axios reports.

Walmart, according to its website, now offers drone delivery in these five new cities: Walmart currently provides drone delivery in Dallas as well as it its headquarters city of Bentonville, Arkansas.

The DroneUp delivery program will be used at 15 Walmart locations, 11 in Dallas, 3 near Walmart’s Bentonville, Ark., headquarters and one in Virginia Beach, per the reports.

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DroneUp, the sole drone partner of Walmart, announced plans to expand its headquarters and establish a research and training facility outside Petersburg, Va., creating 655 new jobs.