Drone delivery has made significant progress in 2016. Delivery company Flirtey has worked with the FAA to test delivery in rural, urban, and ship-to-shore scenarios. Medical delivery compa... Read more
(Source: itproportal.com) Amazon might kickstart its drone delivery program in the United Kingdom, after chief executive officer Jeff Bezos praised the UK government’s relaxed regulations.... Read more
On Wednesday, Amazon’s VP of Global Public Policy, Paul Misener, appeared at a Congressional hearing before the House of Representative to advocate for the use of drones for delivering... Read more
(Source: Reuters.com) Amazon.com Inc has won approval from U.S. federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, as the e-commerce company pursues its goal of sending packages to cust... Read more
(Source: bostonglobe.com) When Jeff Bezos announced last year that Amazon was testing unmanned drones for delivering books and CDs by air, it was the most public sign yet of the commercial... Read more
(Source: techcrunch.com) When Jeff Bezos talked about delivering your Amazon packages by drone last year on 60 minutes, it seemed like a grand publicity stunt designed to get his company s... Read more
from dronedefinition.com If Jeff Bezos is fixated on automating delivery of goods from “store to door,” it should be no surprise that the businesses that operate the world’s largest freight... Read more
Last Wednesday, July 9, Amazon officially submitted its petition to the FAA asking for an exemption from the agency’s blanket ‘no flying drones for commercial purposes’ pol... Read more
from dronedefinition.com Additionally, Jeff Bezos and company are putting pressure on Michael Huerta and the Federal Aviation Agency to make moves toward allowing commercial use. As Amazon p... Read more
from Forbes‘ contributor Greg McNeal Amazon has asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for an exemption from rules prohibiting the use of drones for commercial purposes. With... Read more
from Wall Street Journal Online Amazon.com Inc. formally requested permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start testing drones, an important step toward the online retail gia... Read more
When Jeff Bezos appeared on 60 Minutes and showed the world the Amazon Prime Air drone delivery system, a lot of skeptics called it a publicity stunt and said such technology was a ve... Read more
from dronedefinition.com The drone industry is on the rise. In a recent publication on the impact of UAVs in the U.S., the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) rep... Read more
As part of a long line of announcements this month, the Federal Aviation Administration published an Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft on Monday to try and clarify the ru... Read more