- Google’s parent company Alphabet has launched the first home delivery drone service ‘wing’ in Australia, after years of test flights.
- Wing will deliver takeaway food, coffee and medicines by drone to about 100 homes in Canberra.
- Google has been testing its drones in Australia since 2014 but many residents had complained about the noise.
- Australia’s aviation authority gave Wing permission to launch a commercial service after examining its safety record and operational plans.
- It judged that the company posed no risk to residents or other aircraft.