The vice president of global public policy at Amazon, Paul Misener, is negotiating with the US authorities of the Federal Department of Aviation (FDA) to begin testing Amazon's drones in the open air. Tests in the lab in Seattle have yielded great results so far, but it's time to take the next step and put them in the skies in and around Seattle, Misener said.
Parcel deliveries by drone will only be possible for products weighing up to 2,3 kg. This limit is set so that the flying robot can move at a speed of 80 km/h for a maximum distance of 16 km. However, Amazon points out that 86% of the products sold online on its site fall into this category. It would therefore be a significant saving on the delivery costs of the e-commerce giant and on the shipping costs for the buyers.
For now, the FDA only approves model aircraft flights in secluded places and always under the pilot's visual control. So nothing to do with Amazon's flying drones remotely piloted from an office. Until legislation regulating the flight of these robots is in place, Amazon will therefore have to make do with training flights within the walls of its warehouses.
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