Posted on 09/02/2020 12:19:57 PM PDT by BeauBo
The Federal Aviation Administration will allow Amazon's fleet of Prime Air delivery drones to take flight.
A FAA spokesperson told Business Insider that the administration issued Amazon Prime Air its certificate on August 29. The Part 135 air carrier certificate allows Amazon to use "unmanned aircraft systems," or UAS, in a commercial operation...
The certificate will allow Amazon to dive into operating a commercial drone delivery service, which has been in the works since 2013. The FAA gave Amazon permission to test its drones in the US in June 2019...
(Amazon Prime Air Vice President David Carbon) said, "This certification is an important step forward for Prime Air and indicates the FAA's confidence in Amazon's operating and safety procedures for an autonomous drone delivery service that will one day deliver packages to our customers around the world," Carbon said. "We will continue to develop and refine our technology to fully integrate delivery drones into the airspace, and work closely with the FAA and other regulators around the world to realize our vision of 30-minute delivery."
Amazon's electric drones are installed with a sense-and-avoid system to avert crashes. To date, the company's drone fleet has put in thousands of flight hours. Despite its new certification, Amazon will not be delivering packages to consumers yet. There is no word when its fleet of drones will be scaled and put to work fulfilling orders.
Amazon is also not the only player in the delivery drones game. In July, regional grocery chain Rouses Markets teamed up with last-mile delivery drone startup Deuce Drone for test flights in Alabama. The FAA has additionally issued Part 135 air carrier certificates to Alphabet's Wing Aviation and UPS' Flight Forward.
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I know, but I didn’t want to correct Mr Foxworthy.
Skeet is not a target. Skeet is the sport of shooting clay targets.
Sorta like fishing.
Well, when you go snipe hunting, you hunt snipes...LOL
How does this help me if I'm flying VFR?
ML/NJ
At some point they are going to run into problems with wildlife like hawks or falcons and we will see what happens.
Where are they made?
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