Google Plans To Launch Its Drone Delivery Service In 2017

(RTTNews) - Google plans to launch its drone delivery service in 2017, according to reports. Called Project Wing, the initiative aims to be delivering goods to consumers via drones.

Oline retailers such as Amazon, Alibaba and others are also experimenting with drone delivery.

No details have been given about what type of drones Google might use for the servicenor what type of packages they will be delivering.

Details about Project Wing emerged in 2014. Initially it was run inside Google X - the firm's secretive research lab. It is now believed to be under the control of Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) - the parent company that the former divisions of Google now operate under.

Amazon has already detailed its plans to use drones to deliver goods. It said its octocopters could ferry 2.3kg of goods to customers within 30 minutes of an order being placed.