Google Exec Says Delivery by Drone Possible Within a Few Years
- Google X's Project Wing is competing with Amazon on drones
- U.S. hasn't set rules for drone-delivery safety requirements
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Product delivery-by-drone in urban areas may be possible within a few years if the U.S. government and the aviation industry agree to work cooperatively on the new technology, the chief of Google Inc.’s drone cargo project said Monday.
The swift adoption of a registration system for small unmanned aircraft, begun Dec. 21 to capture holiday gift buying, is a template for how different sectors of the aviation world can work together to speed approvals for deliveries, Dave Vos, head of Google X’s Project Wing, said in Washington.