Aviation Week reported that plans to “expand Wing’s drone delivery network throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area have been revealed in a draft environmental assessment released by the FAA for public comment.” The plans would “expand Wing’s operating bases, or ‘nests,’ from three to as many as 25 across the metroplex.”
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Google’s Wing Debuts Drone Delivery Network Goals
BBC News reports Google’s subsidiary Wing says that operating drones as a network would improve efficiency. The technology “is being tested ‘at scale’ in Logan, Australia, where Wing delivers up to 1,000 packages a day.” The company “has also started trial drone deliveries in the Dublin suburb of Lusk.” The company notes that “it and other companies are in talks with the Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority about agreeing regulations to allow drone deliveries in the UK.”
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