DALLAS - Wing, the drone delivery arm of Google parent Alphabet, and rival Flytrex are making history. In Texas, the competitors have become collaborators. The partners on Wednesday revealed they are operating daily service in overlapping airspace near Dallas—the first such operations in the U.S., Jack Daleo writes for Flying. Continue reading original article.
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3 June 2025 - “Unmanned Traffic Management is the backbone of a scalable drone delivery ecosystem,” said Yariv Bash, CEO and co-founder of Flytrex. “It allows multiple operators to fly safely and efficiently, even in densely populated areas, by mitigating drone to drone collision risks. We’re proud to work alongside Wing to pioneer a new standard for airspace coordination built for scale.”
Rather than operating in siloed zones, Flytrex and Wing operate in close proximity to serve overlapping communities, while managing their flight paths to prevent conflicts. They exchange flight intent data and automatically adjust their flight paths to meet deconfliction requirements, without the need for manual coordination between the two companies. Both companies participate in the Federal Aviation Administration’s UTM Operational Evaluation, facilitating this exchange.
“This is yet another milestone for the UTM Operational Evaluation, leveraging core principles of U.S. aviation and innovation,” said Margaret Nagle, Vice President and Global Head of Policy, Regulatory and Community Affairs at Wing. “By leveraging the benefits of global standards, we will increasingly see multiple drone services sharing the same, overlapping airspace and operating at scale. For Wing, this is how we deliver more goods to more people - right when they need it.”
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