- [Julie] These drones arecompleting a special mission

as they land in Tel Aviv,

delivering sushi from Japanika restaurant

some seven miles away in Herzliya.

- You can see multi drones taking off,

doing delivery, coming back, land,

finish the delivery process,everything autonomously.

- This drone could be thedelivery truck of the future.

One just like this delivered ice cream

from Jaffa to the beach in Tel Aviv.

Alon Abelson is CEO andco-founder of High Lander,

a drone and unmannedtraffic management solution

that helps keep skies safe

for this growing technology.

- [Alon] There is no pilot involved,

no one is flying the drone

and you still need someone to make sure

the drone's flying, avoidcollide between themselves,

landing safely in the right location.

- [Julie] These are among

the first commercial dronedeliveries in central Israel

and the city of Tel Aviv.

It's the third of eight stages expected

to reach new heightsover the next two years.

It's being managed from theAyalon Highways Control Center

that's usually managingtraffic on the ground.

- We started from zeroflights two years ago,

700 flights in the first year,

and now we're close to 9,000 flights.

So we're definitelyprogressing even faster

than we produced.

- [Julie] As part of Israel'sInnovation Authority,

Daniella Partem leads the Center

for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

- Our aim is to enlarge the ecosystem.

So add more cities, more urban areas.

In order for this to be aneconomically viable system,

we would have to enable larger drones,

flying longer distances inorder to deliver heavier goods

to more areas.

- [Julie] Joined by theCivil Aviation Authority

and Ayalon Highways,

the project is a collaboration

between the government and 16 local

and international companies.

- Each company has its own business case

but our goal is to create the regulatory

and technological infrastructure

for them to be able to do that

in an economically viable ecosystem.

- [Julie] The variouscompanies work together

towards solutions in key areas,

ranging from air trafficcontrol and flying the drones

to deliveries and security.

Libby Bahat from the CivilAviation Authority says

he sees opportunities and challenges.

- We're a crowded countryin terms of airspace.

We have high security needs.

These are challenges but I think we know

how to approach them.

- [Julie] Despite the challenges,

Eyal Bilia from Ayalon Highways explains

why drones are a good and timely idea.

- The lower airspace is unused today.

So we're trying to open the lower airspace

in order to deliver allkinds of goods and deliveries

from one place to another.

And by that, we're going to reduce traffic

on the highways.

- [Julie] According toformer General Yoely Or

and current CEO of Cando Drones,

the Israeli military hasbeen using this technology

for 10 years.

- So we take it from the military side

and adapt it for our needsin the civilian side.

- [Julie] Working along with security

and air traffic control,

Cando can manage up to250 drones at a time.

- [Yoely] We connect different drones

from different company

from different mission to our system,

and we control them from one laptop.

First of all, you savetime, you save money.

The police have drones now,

the fire control, they have drones,

so the drones have tospeak with each other.

- [Julie] The foundingmembers of Airwayz came

from the Israeli Air Force.

CEO Eyal Zor explains how these experts

in airspace management make it all work.

- We are using advanced AI algorithms

in order to manage adynamic airspace of drones,

which try to mimic likethe traditional aviation,

like air traffic controllers and pilots

with out system in order to show

that we can operatemaximum number of drones

in a dynamic urban setting.

- [Julie] Deliveries are currently limited

to between businesses given the need

for a drone landing pad.

The order is placed through an app,

then prepared, loaded on the drone,

flown to the delivery site,

collected, and taken to the customer.

Daniel Rahamim heads up Mishlocha,

one of the most popular

and fastest-growingfood delivery apps here.

Until now, Rahamim hasdelivered mostly food

and relied on conventionaldelivery methods, like scooters.

As a technology company though,

Rahamim says he's always looking

to the future.

- We don't have any doubt

that the next stage will be the drones

because this is thebest way, the fast way,

the safe way to move things

from one side to each other.

- [Julie] Flytech is the aerial operator

and company vice presidentYahav Preiss says the drones

can transport a delivery weighing

about four and a half pounds.

- It's the first time inIsrael you can see this kind

of project, which means thefirst time we fly drones

with no eye contact through a computer,

like another UAV.

- [Julie] Though the demonstration focused

on getting ice creamto waiting journalists,

Preiss says the visionreaches much further

than just food delivery.

- [Yahav] This is a platform to show

that they technology's there

and safe is there.

We want to provide muchmore important things

to our civilians, like bigorders of machines and medicines.

- We are doing a great progress

and today we are writing the cookbook

for economic airspace of deliveries.

- [Julie] Hospitals and medical facilities

could be big winnerswith these deliveries,

receiving life-saving materials quickly

with no traffic jams,

and consumers in thefuture will likely benefit

in ways we haven't even imagined.

Julie Stahl, CBN News, Tel Aviv.