Opinion

July 10, 2019

Drone food deliveries are going to happen sooner than you think

Drone deliveries are a safer, greener way of getting your takeaway — and coming in 2020, Bobby Healy, CEO of Manna.aero.


Bobby Healy

6 min read

In a response to Richard Parker of Altitude Angel’s post on the limitation of drones and why they haven’t taken off yet, I’d like to put forward the reasons why I believe we can all look forward to drones playing an important societal role within the next few years, and why drone food delivery will happen sooner than you think.

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