Drones used to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people’s doorsteps in US

Girl Scouts Alice Goerlich and Gracie Walker pose with a Wing delivery drone (Sam Dean/ Wing LLC via AP)
Girl Scouts Alice Goerlich and Gracie Walker pose with a Wing delivery drone (Sam Dean/ Wing LLC via AP)
Wed, 28 Apr, 2021 - 15:23
Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Reporter

A Google affiliate is using drones in the US to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people’s doorsteps.

The town of Christiansburg in Virginia has been a testing ground for commercial delivery drones operated by Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s corporate parent Alphabet.

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