Major city drone deliveries begin in Texas
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Wing, a drone delivery startup owned by Alphabet, is teaming up with the Walgreens pharmacy chain to offer drone deliveries in a major U.S. metropolitan area for the first time

Top speed: 105km/h
Range: 10km

Drone hovers over address and lowers package on cable

TEXAS:
Dallas suburbs of Little Elm and Frisco earmarked for first major metropolitan drone delivery scheme

HUB: Erected in car park outside store – allows staff to load drones themselves

Small nest hub
GLOBAL TEST SITES

Length: 1.3m
Wing- span: 1m

Weight without package: 5.2kg

San Francisco (unpopulated facility south of city)


Christiansburg, Virginia

NEW Dallas

Helsinki
FINLAND

Drone test flights over four years of development: 100,000+

Logan 
Canberra AUSTRALIA


2 fixed wing forward- facing propellers and 12 smaller hover props
Battery-powered
(zero emissions)

Aerodynamic cardboard box – max loaded weight: 1.2kg

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Sources: Wing, Digital Trends, DroneDJ   Pictures: Wing      © GRAPHIC NEWS