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David Vos, who heads Project Wing for Google’s parent company Alphabet’s drone project, has left the company. Prior to leaving the company, Voss was the head of drone for Alphabet’s mysterious subsidiary X. Alphabet X is called “Moonshot Factory”. It develops driverless cars and uses balloons to transmit Wi-Fi signals, drones, and other items. The company also found a new way to turn seawater into fuel and they worked with researchers to try to turn dreams into reality. For Voss’ departure, a spokesman for Alphabet X stated that Voss left because of chasing other opportunities. He said, "Worth helped establish a solid foundation for aviation culture in the team. He gave us an understanding of the Project Wing project and was able to execute end-to-end delivery tasks repeatedly and safely. We thank Voss for its contribution to the company." And wish him good luck in his future career." Voss showed on the personal page of professional social networking website linked In that he has worked at Alphabet for more than two years. Voss holds a Ph.D. in aerospace power, estimation and control from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most of X's ideas ended without results, and some ideas were "born" and were rejected in only a few hours. For innovative laboratories, if projects are to be passed, they must solve a problem that can affect millions or billions of people. Technology must be “bold” and have the opportunity to create a market in the next 5 or 10 years. If a product can be used in advance, the reason may be that other companies are already developing; if it takes a long time, the return may not be high, but it is eliminated when the technology is ready. Project Wing is the Alphabet X drone express project. Amazon launched the Prime Air drone express program in 2013, and Google (Alphabet's predecessor) project Wing project Wing officially announced in August 2014. In August of this year, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States approved Project Wing drones for actual testing. Alphabet can perform drone measurements at one of six test sites specified by the Federal Aviation Administration. Currently, Amazon and Google have not provided detailed explanations for their drone plans, but both companies have talked about their respective strategic priorities. Amazon has said that the company will focus on fast, efficient package delivery. Google, on the other hand, talked about the control of airspace below 400 meters (as stipulated, drones can only fly at a low altitude of 400 meters or less). Voss said in an interview with Bloomberg last year: “We believe that the future airspace is not dominated by any company or any organization. Google did not want to create a unique solution. Our idea is that every company should be able to Build your own solutions freely.” Project Wing has not yet officially commercialized. Recently, Project Wing formed an alliance with Chipotle, a fast food chain company, to start providing drone service to students on Virginia Tech campus.

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