Google-linked firm wins US approval for drone deliveries


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 24 Apr 2019

As drones increasingly crowd the skies in many parts of the world, regulators have been pushed to formulate rules.

Wing Aviation, a firm owned by Google parent Alphabet, became the first drone operator to be certified as an airline by US authorities, allowing it to begin commercial deliveries in the country.

A number of companies have been testing drone delivery systems around the world for everything from food delivery to crop spraying as they aim to win over regulators and the public amid concerns about safety, noise pollution, privacy and collisions with other aircraft.

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