UPS Debuts Home Delivery of CVS Medicine by Drone
UPS and CVS make first residential drone deliveries of prescription medicines
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United Parcel Service Inc. has expanded its revenue-generating drone flights beyond hospital campuses, delivering prescription medicines to two customers’ homes from a CVS Health Corp. pharmacy in Cary, North Carolina.
The drone flew autonomously while monitored by a remote pilot and lowered the packages by a winch as it hovered about 20 feet above the homes, UPS said in a statement Tuesday. Matternet, a UPS partner, provided the aircraft for the Nov. 1 flights.