Alphabet unit Wing seeks FAA OK to help expand U.S. drone operations

By David Shepardson
FILE PHOTO The Google Inc. logo is seen outside their headquarters in Mountain View California August 18 2004. REUTERSClay McLachlan

FILE PHOTO: The Google Inc. logo is seen outside their headquarters in Mountain View, California August 18, 2004. REUTERS/Clay McLachlan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet's Wing Aviation unit asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to waive some drone rules, a move that would allow it expand operations beyond a small city in Virginia, the FAA said in a notice on Friday.

Since 2019, Wing has provided several thousand

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