I think the answer is simpler: they could not have run a pilot project by themselves. Logistics are complex businesses. Google does not have warehouses in enou

I think the answer is simpler: they could not have run a pilot project by themselves. Logistics are complex businesses. Google does not have warehouses in enough places to cover an interesting area. FedEx has. And drone deliveries are going to be expensive and only for lightweight items first. That means medicine makes sense. Walgreens will bring the clients. And no, making reliable transport drones and the infrastructure to load them up, get a reliable GPS coordinate from your client, identifying drop-in zones is not easily done, and that's the value Google brings.