The U.S. Transportation Department’s 10 winning drone pilot projects aimed at spurring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in a wide variety of fields do not include Amazon or China’s DJI, but do involve Alphabet, Qualcomm and Microsoft. Apple is also involved in the project through a partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Virginia Tech, one of the winners, said that Alphabet’s Project Wing, AT&T, Intel, Airbus and Dominion Energy are among the partners for its pilot program that will explore package delivery, emergency management and infrastructure inspection …
Reuters | May 9, 2018
