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From their brief on the drones themselves: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-drone-delivery-arizona https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transp
by bilekas 1y ago
From their brief on the drones themselves: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-drone-delivery-arizona https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-drone...
> Our approval includes the ability to fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight, using our sophisticated on-board detect and avoid system. This is an historic, first-of-its-kind approval for a new drone system and a new operating location following a rigorous FAA evaluation of the safety of our systems and processes.
It's true the FAA would have had to have signed off on these so that will be interesting.
- trollbridge 1y agoThe NTSB should be investigating, then.
- fakedang 1y agoMaybe the FAA let Amazon self-approve them. Business as usual.