Alphabet and Chipotle Are Bringing Burrito Delivery Drones to Campus

  • Most extensive U.S. trial of deliveries starting this month
  • Chipotle, Virginia Tech cooperating in FAA-approved test

Burrito-by-Drone Coming to Virginia Tech

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In what’s sure to be a college student’s dream come true, drones will soon be delivering burritos on the campus of Virginia Tech.

The experimental service, to begin this month and last just a few weeks, is a test by Project Wing, a unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and the Blacksburg, Virginia, university have agreed to participate.