Officials from the White House and FAA were watching as a drone dropped packages on three yards in Virginia this afternoon – the first deliveries of their kind in the U.S.
Residents in Christiansburg, Virginia had a birthday present and Tylenol dropped on their lawns via drone this afternoon, the first deliveries of their kind in the United States.
Officials from the White House and FAA were watching as a drone, operated by a former Google project now called Wing, dropped packages on three yards. The trial is part of DOT's UAS Integration Pilot Program.Wing, which is running the project with Virginia Tech's Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, is collaborating with FedEx Express, Walgreens and the local Virginia retailer Sugar Magnolia.
The trial will continue in the coming months, and Wing and MAAP plan to keep working with Christiansburg. "As exciting as this launch is, what’s going to be most rewarding is seeing how the community responds to this technology as it becomes part of the fabric of everyday life," said MAAP director Mark Blanks in a statement.
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