Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet

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Amazon received FAA approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, a milestone that allows the company to expand unmanned package delivery.

Amazon on Monday received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones.

Amazon joins UPS and Alphabet-owned Wing, who previously won FAA approval for their drone delivery operations.received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, a milestone that allows the company to expand unmanned package delivery.

Amazon said it will use the FAA's certification to begin testing customer deliveries. The company said it went through rigorous training and submitted detailed evidence that its drone delivery operations are safe, including demonstrating the technology for FAA inspectors. Amazon added that while the Prime Air fleet isn't ready to immediately deploy package deliveries at scale, it's actively flying and testing the technology.

 

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Another set of job loss

How long it will take before someone guns them down to steal the payload?

Great news for the US Post.

I wonder what us humans will have to do in years to come.

🇺🇸米連邦航空局(FAA)が Amazon の ドローン 配送サービスへ航空運送業者認可 🙈適用される航空規則(FAR)Part 135は操縦者目視外飛行可能 👏人口密度低の地域+荷物重量5ポンド(約2.2Kg)以下でテストしていく Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet

This is going to ruin so many photo opportunities like Elon's stupid satellites.

Someone's dog is gomna have a field day with one of those things haha

Same company allowed to become a post office when there was already one. Temp. Services, when already was a Employment Commission. Creating new and covering up leggit existing. What?

Is it still going to take them a week to deliver it

and it begins....

Amazon continues its push in fulfillment get FAA approval for drones

Time for $UAVS to take off 🚀

$UAVS

Can't wait to watch the drone accidents

Give me ashootgun

Lets see how many Raptors take them down!!!

Imma shoot one of them if they fly over the crib..

If we can shoot them down, do we get to keep the prizes?

So it will deliver 'one' package at a time?

The automation tsunami is just beginning.

And now Amazon will be 3k

More lost jobs!

If that thing comes near my house I’m shooting it down

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