Google aims to begin drone package deliveries in 2017

A logo is pictured at Google’s European Engineering Center in Zurich April16, 2015.

Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann/Files

ADVERTISEMENT

WASHINGTON Google, which hopes to revolutionize consumer deliveries via drone, expects to begin delivering packages to customers by unmanned aircraft sometime in 2017, an executive said on Monday.

“Our goal is to have commercial business up and running in 2017,” David Vos, the project lead for Google’s Project Wing, told an audience at an air traffic control convention outside Washington.

(Reporting by David Morgan)

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT
Just in:
Emirates to Embrace Electric Seaglider Travel // DIFC Courts Cement Role as Top English Dispute Resolution Choice // TPBank and Backbase Clinch ‘Best Omni-Channel Digital CX Solution’ at the Digital CX Awards 2024 // World Intellectual Property Day: OPPO Maintains Top 10 Global IP Ranking for Fifth Consecutive Year // Supreme Court dismisses pleas for 100% VVPAT verification // AVPN Charts Path Forward at 2024 Global Conference // Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Thu, 25 Apr 2024 // Lee Chong Wei Shows Up On Chinese Hot cultural Talk Show “SHEDE Wisdom Talents”, Talking About “Crossing The Hill” // PolyU forms global partnership with ZEISS Vision Care to expand impact and accelerate market penetration of patented myopia control technology // NetApp’s 2024 Cloud Complexity Report Reveals AI Disrupt or Die Era Unfolding Globally // Liverpool FC continues international growth with first official retail partnership in South Korea // World Football Federation Secures Sponsorship From Saudi Oil Giant // Abu Dhabi Unveils Online Portal to Strengthen Healthcare Workforce // Etihad Airways Announces Paris Service with A380 // Why Lok Sabha Election For 20 Seats In Kerala Is Crucial For Future Of Left In Indian Politics? // CapBridge Shares Insights on the Recent Launch of Digital Asset ETFs in Hong Kong // Downpours in Oman and UAE Likely Amplified by Warming Planet // Booming Region Fuels Innovation Surge // ByteDance Eyes US Shutdown for TikTok // GE Jun, Chairman and CEO of TOJOY, Delivers an Inspiring Speech: “Leaping Ahead Again” //