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Amazon, it seems, is not the only big technology company dreaming of a drone delivery service.

After two years of stealth research, Google lifted the veil on an experimental program to deliver goods with tiny unmanned, or “drone,” aircraft that are a cross between a plane and a helicopter, according to Google. The project was detailed in the lengthy Atlantic story. The idea sounds familiar because online retailer Amazon announced an experimental program last year that would also deliver goods through air.

The program, which Google is calling “Project Wing,” was led for two years by Nicholas Roy, an M.I.T. professor who took a sabbatical for the project. According to The Atlantic, Google now has dozens of people on Project Wing. They’re working on improving the technology, and may create a drone delivery app.

Google’s delivery drone vision includes an online website called Wing Marketplace where customers could place orders with retailers and restaurants, according to the Wall Street Journal. A $6 delivery fee through Wing Marketplace would probably be competitive with the traditional delivery fees and tips for the human workers normally delivering food. The big question is how Google X aims to cover the operational costs of running a drone delivery service by collecting fees of just $6 per order.

This project is also aimed to prevent clogging the streets with big vehicles only to deliver goods to your home. This vehicle will also make sound pollution,and its making actual carbon footprint pollution .