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The shift explains recent DroneUp layoffs, as services such as infrastructure analysis or bridge inspections are being de-emphasized. At the same time, Vittone said, the company is adding employees in the drone delivery arena.

“We’ve just begun in areas beyond retail, such as medical deliveries or deliveries to remote areas such as islands,” he said. DroneUp executives have also been quoted in the press saying throughout the rest of this year, they will hire more people than were laid off.

“We’re working with Walmart to integrate drone delivery into walmart.com because we do know the customer would like to order from Walmart, not us,” Vittone said. “But walmart.com is such a huge operation that it takes some time to integrate it.”
( I think this is why we have not seen a second large order . As ELs have mentioned they are still ordering Halo units but in small quantities as the integration into Walmart.com would need to be complete . Makes no sense to order 300 units in one go and have them sit somewhere waiting to be deployed . i would imagine however they would want tis complete are running for Xmas this year .)

THE DRONES

The drone currently used by DroneUp is the Prism Sky, a biaxial quadcopter measuring 11 by 7 by 6 inches and made by Baltimore-based Watts Innovations at its Baltimore location.

“We started working with DroneUp in 2020 when it had less than 20 people,” said Bobby Watts, founder and CEO of Watts Innovations. “Later, they asked us to integrate a delivery winch and some other components.”

https://wattsinnovations.com/pages/prismsky