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Wing and Walgreens have partnered to start drone delivery.

Wing, a drone delivery company, will launch a drone delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area of ​​Texas. [See all images] Google's drone delivery company to provide services in the metropolitan area of ​​the United States The company has partnered with drugstore giant Walgreens to deliver over-the-counter medicines, foods, and daily necessities to residents. It is the first major city in the United States to offer a drone delivery service in Dallas and the largest in the world.

Wing, a drone delivery company under the umbrella of Google, offers delivery services using a special drone that can fly from the store to the delivery destination in a short time in the Dallas-Fort Worth complex, Texas.

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Until now, Wing has provided services to deliver products such as pharmacies, local coffee shops, and home improvement stores, limited to small cities in the United States.Customers place orders on the mobile app and receive products from the drone.

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With the addition of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area to the service area, it has been demonstrated that on-demand drone delivery is possible in major cities in the United States, such as driving to stores to pick up small packages and rush hours. You will not be caught in the traffic jam.This service will be launched in the coming months

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The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area will be the first major city in the United States to deliver by drone.The world's largest delivery in a residential area

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Wing will first partner with drugstore giant Walgreens to deliver over-the-counter medicines, food and daily necessities to residents of Frisco and Little Elm on the outskirts of Dallas.

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The drone is stored in a small container installed in a Walgreens parking lot.By using this container, the store that ships the goods can easily fly the drone from the rooftop, parking lot, small place near the building, and the departure and arrival station can be set up in just a few hours.

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Wing's zero-emission electric drones are intended for operation in densely populated urban areas of the United States and are monitored from the ground by trained drone pilots.

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The drone is equipped with its own unmanned delivery management software to ensure safe operation in urban areas. By doing so, the delivery route is set after grasping the local weather data, the map of the terrain and airspace, and the activity status of other drones.That information is also sent to other drones, enabling secure delivery.

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The drone is equipped with fixed wings and a propeller capable of hovering (stopping in the air), and it can move both airplanes and helicopters, so it is possible to fly in a well-balanced and stable manner.

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Products will be packed and loaded into the drone by Walgreens employees who are affiliated with the company, not by Wing employees.This is Walgreens' first attempt

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In northern Dallas, there is the "Frisco Station," which was developed with the concept of a new urban life, and Wing will also open a facility there.It also has a delivery function, but will focus on "exploring new uses, community demonstrations, and responding to visits."

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To launch the service, Wing will be demonstrating test flights and deliveries around Frisco and Little Elm to get customer feedback.A few months later, a full-scale commercial delivery service by drone will be launched in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.

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Wing currently has delivery services in Australia and Finland and is now expanding its services to the United States.

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Wing is Australia's Logan's only rooftop drone delivery service, flying drones from the rooftop of the shopping center Grand Plaza, delivering more than 2,500 contactless deliveries to people in the surrounding area.

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According to Wing, the cost of "last mile" from the final distribution base to the delivery of packages to customers accounts for 15% to 20% of the total cost of trading goods.This comes in the form of shipping costs or the effort required by the customer to pick up the item.

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But that could change if Wing's drone delivery service could make Last One Mile deliveries more sustainable and efficient.According to Wing, if the company's drone delivers 4% to 6% of Australian home deliveries, the country's retail sales will increase by $ 2.2 billion by 2030.

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Currently, Wing is not the only company in the United States that offers drone delivery.Israel-based Flytrex has been delivering Starbucks and Walmart products to residents of Fayetteville, North Carolina since 2020.

Source: Flytrex, Insider

According to Flightrex, the company's services are more efficient than Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Grubhub home delivery.Delivery drivers from these companies deliver about 2.5 deliveries per hour, while Flightlex drones can deliver 10 deliveries in the same amount of time, significantly reducing restaurant costs. Said Flight Rex

Source: Flytrex [Original: Google's drone delivery company is partnering with Walgreens to deliver meds, food, and household items to customers in Dallas] (Translation: Fumiko Nakata, Editor: Toshihiko Inoue)

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