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Google's drone company Wing unveils 'aircraft library'

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Sometimes you need a big drone. Sometimes a small one will do. Some deliveries are urgent. Others are far away. For each, a slightly different drone would be the optimal solution. That's why Google sister company and Alphabet portfolio company Wing has built an 'aircraft library' ... a vault of drone types it can pull out and get in the air relatively quickly.

In this Techfirst , we chat with Wing CEO Adam Woodworth about the company's 'aircraft library,' about drone development, about what drones will do to the delivery ecosystem, and about the future of Wing.


Questions we address:

  • Why do we need drone delivery?
  • Crystal ball: how big does drone delivery become? What percentage?
  • You have unique aircraft: fixed-wing aircraft that are also drones … why?
  • You’re releasing something called the aircraft library … what is it?
  • What will it allow you to do?
  • Where will that become useful?
  • What are the critical technologies you’ve had to master to date to get Wing to this point?
  • What remains to be solved?
  • Expansion plans?
  • When will drone delivery be as normal as an Amazon truck rolling the neighborhood?


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