Google: Premiere for new drone service in Australia!

Η Google's specific service is called Project Wing, which premieres in the Australian capital Canberra and will deliver food, beverages, medicines, ice cream and other merchandise from the air directly to consumers' homes.

The relevant approval was given by Australian Civil Aviation Authority CASA, after 18 months of tests carried out in the northern part of Canberra by Project Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet (Google's parent company), during which there were no accidents. Twelve local companies have already signed an agreement to distribute products to their customers, from ice cream, chocolates and coffees to bread and golf equipment.

The "green light" was given, according to a CASA representative, after the safety of the transport drones, the efficiency of the movement management system, as well as the adequacy of training of pilots and maintainersof drones. As he said, "there are no dangers for people on the ground, for real estate or for planes in the sky."

The conditions for approval were strict, such as that the drones service would operate at certain times of the day. Drones are prohibited from passing over major highways and must keep a minimum distance from humans to the ground. During the tests there were complaints from some residents about the noise made by the aerial vehicles, so Project Wing then developed a quieter type of drone.

Officially the operation of the new service is expected to start in some suburbs of Canberra within a few weeks, and later will be extended to other suburbs, according to the British "Guardian" and the Australian ABC.

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