Google Drones Deliver Packages In Virginia

Posted on October 23, 2019 by mailomg in memo 429, Uncategorized // 0 Comments

From the Associated Press October 18, 2019:

A Google affiliate started using drones Friday to deliver customers’ Walgreens and FedEx purchases in a test being run in a Virginia town.

Wing, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, received federal approval earlier this year to make commercial deliveries by drone. It was the first drone company to receive the approval in the U.S., beating out Amazon’s Prime Air, which revealed its drone plans in 2013 … (click to read more)

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