According to Reuters, Waymo is testing complimentary Wi-Fi in its autonomous vehicles operating in the greater Phoenix area. Right now, Waymo’s Chrysler Pacifica minivans operate in a 100-square-mile territory around Phoenix. A subset of users participating in the trial of the vehicles can use the Wi-Fi, which would allow them to work on their laptops.

Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) has announced that it has validated the parachute on the package delivery drones of Israel-based drone company Flytrex as compliant with industry standards, after completing extensive testing at the New York UAS Test Site in Rome, New York. For NUAIR, this is the second parachute standard validation that it has performed. NUAIR says that the validation advances the potential for commercial drone package delivery and routine flights over people. “NUAIR is proud to provide companies with this level of standards testing at the New York UAS Test Site,” says Tony Basile, chief operations officer at NUAIR.

U.S. Navy leaders want to move promptly to the widespread use of unmanned surface and undersea vehicles to bolster its manned fleet, citing the growing threat of a new and complex international environment in which China, Russia and other countries are increasingly using commercial technology to gain military advantage. The Navy sees its projected new vehicles, and a network that would link them, as helping to allow appropriate responses to nearly any maritime challenge, and thus ensure American naval superiority — but the major investment and fast pace it recommends have prompted questions from Congress and other parties.