Wing Aviation’s commercial drone delivery test location in Christiansburg, Virginia
REAL ESTATE & INFRASTRUCTURE WING BRINGS FIRST COMMERCIAL DRONE DELIVERY TO THE U.S. Wing Aviation, an Alphabet company, opened its first United States operation to launch the first commercial drone delivery in the United States. After working with Virginia Tech and the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) for several years, Wing decided to open a location in the U.S. to test what it had already been testing in Australia. After working with the Department to select a location in Christiansburg - in the heart of Montgomery County’s retail network - Wing officially launched their delivery system in late October. As part of a beginning test phase, Wing has partnered with Walgreens, FedEx, and local merchant, Sugar Magnolia, to deliver goods to citizens living within a certain distance from the test site. Part of this program’s plan is to deliver goods to citizens in a much shorter time than it would take for them to drive to the store and make the purchase themselves. This program will continue testing into 2020.
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Montgomery County, Virginia | Home of Virginia Tech and the Towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg
