Residents in the nation’s capital will be able to order fresh food, coffee and chemist items and have them delivered directly to their homes by drone in minutes
Drone delivery starts at the end of the week and will be available initially to only 100 eligible homes in the suburbs of Crace, Palmerston and Franklin as part of Wing’s Early Flyer program.
“Whether you’re a parent with a sick child at home and have run out of baby paracetamol, a busy professional who forgot to pick up fresh bread during your regular weekly shop, or you simply just want to order your morning flat white without the hassle of having to drive to the cafe, Wing has teamed up with local Canberra businesses to give customers the opportunity to have a range of goods delivered in a handful of minutes.
Wing promised to modify the drones, saying it would redesign propellers to make the drones quieter and lower-pitched.that Wing had received special permission to operate the service, provided it used the quieter drones.He said CASA is looking at how it will manage airspace over cities in the emerging era of commercial drones, drones used for emergency services and other uses.
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