Delivery drones are supposed to be fast, yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More on this from reporter Bernie Bennett. VERBATIM: More than six years after the Federal Aviation Administration approved the first commercial home deliveries with drones, the service still is confined to a handful of […]
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Delivery Drones Will Soon Be Everywhere
Delivery drones are supposed to be fast, yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More on this from reporter Bernie Bennett.
VERBATIM: More than six years after the Federal Aviation Administration approved the first commercial home deliveries with drones, the service still is confined to a handful of suburbs. That could soon change.
The FAA proposed a new rule last week that would make it easier for companies to fly drones outside of an operator’s line of sight. A handful of companies do that now, but they had to obtain waivers.
Walmart, Amazon, DoorDash and the drone companies they work with say they are preparing to make drone-based deliveries available to millions more U.S. households.
Bernie Bennett reporting.