Alphabet’s Wing Seeks Expanded U.S. Drone Flight Permissions
- Company asks FAA to allow wider drone ops from central hub
- Wing has been testing drone deliveries in Virginia pilot plan
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Alphabet Inc.’s Wing Aviation LLC is asking U.S. regulators to allow it to expand drone operations as a way to make more efficient deliveries controlled from a central command post.
Wing wants to control its drone flights at a “central hub” from which the remote pilots can oversee operations without being in the aircraft’s operating area, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday in a filing in the Federal Register.