But Healy is appreciative of his competition, including Amazon, which has not demonstrated a ton of achievement yet in terms of number of deliveries.
Amazon’s drones so far suggest the company wants to solve for rural delivery, Healey says, where the efficiency of car or truck delivery drops off. Interestingly, that’s potentially what Wing is doing as well given the company hasWing’s CEO recently said he expects to be capable of handlingManna is in the process of obtaining FAA approval, so its successful operations in Ireland will be helpful.
Manna’s plan is to attack dense urban centers in the U.S. Its experience in Europe, where urban density is significantly higher than in most of the United States, gives it an advantage, Healy thinks, in bringing drone delivery to American cities. Manna Aero is currently flying over urban densities of 10,000 people per square mile, he says, which is more dense than San Francisco.
That said, there are still vested interests and competing priorities in governance, so there’s no slam dunk in terms of SF or NYC, for example.
Interesting. I actually thought this technology would be all over the US years ago.
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