Drones have become synonymous with the CIA, which has used the unmanned devices to conduct covert surveillance over Iraq and Iran. The Predator drone has all but become a household name thanks to incessant media coverage. Tech giants Amazon and Facebook have been said to be in early phases of adapting drones for civilian uses, and now, Google has officially joined the fray, officially confirming the existence of Project Wing, its drone project two years in the making.

Google X, the division of the company behind its most cutting edge projects such as Glass and self-driving cars, has been at work on Project Wing. It will likely be another two years before the drones actually gain traction towards mainstream release – even on a limited basis, similar to the Glass’ adaptation.

While Amazon’s Jeff Bezos beat Google to bragging rights of being ‘first to the news,’ with an announcement last year that his company was at work on a drone-based delivery system, according to The Verge, Google’s Project Wing is more ambitious than to have its drones serve as high-flying tech birds delivering groceries or other items that people increasingly opt to buy online.

Google wants its drones to be more humanitarian by mission, enabled to deliver critically needed supplies to area struck by natural disasters. According to The Verge, Google X’s Astro Teller told BBC that “even just a few of these, being able to shuttle nearly continuously could service a very large number of people in an emergency situation.” Joining Astro Teller on the Google X team is Nick Roy from MIT, who heads up the project.

Currently being tested in Australia due to the ease of doing so over the U.S., Project Wing “was originally envisioned as a way to deliver defibrillators to people who were having heart attacks, but Google ran into issues with that idea because it would involve being integrated into 911 and emergency services,” The Verge reported.

The drones consist of “four electrically-driven propellers with a wingspan of about five feet” and weigh about 19 pounds, according to the BBC, which suggests the current incarnation of the drone can only accommodate a three-pound payload.