Australian Drone Delivery
Amazon and Google plan to start drone delivery in 2017 in America, but Australia has them beat. Australia's postal service has successfully tested the delivery of small packages on drones and plan to start delivering later this year. The Australian Post has been backed up by the Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) to test delivery of packages by drone in 50 locations. The Australian Post said that the testing will allow them to, well, test new technology that could bring packages to peoples doors faster and safely. Even items that could save lives like medicine. Students in Spain have even created a drone design that is able to deliver organs!
There are many companies interested in this testing including Amazon, Walmart, and Maersk (an Alibaba and Danish shipping company). The Australian Post CEO, Ahmed Fahour, says that this drone service will be used to deliver in time-critical situations and where there is not an easily accessible way somewhere. He also says that they will be testing this program for months to figure out what the drones can deliver and the fastest, safest, and easiest way to deliver.
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