The US Federal Aviation Administration announced that Amazon has obtained federal approval to operate its Prime Air fleet of delivery drones, which will allow the company to expand its delivery range using aircraft Unmanned.
According to Arabiyanet, the Aviation Administration said: The approval will give Amazon extensive privileges to deliver packages safely and efficiently to customers.
> The certification comes under Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Administration Regulations, which gives Amazon the ability to carry packages on small drones outside the operator's visual field of vision.
Amazon said it would use FAA certification to initiate delivery testing for customers. The company added that it had undergone rigorous training and provided detailed evidence that drone deliveries were safe.
Prime Air Vice President David Carbon said in a statement: This certification is an important step forward for Prime Air, and indicates the Federal Aviation Administration's confidence in operating procedures. And the safety of Amazon's independent drone delivery service, which one day will deliver packages to our customers all over the world.
He added: We will continue to develop and refine our technology to fully integrate delivery drones into the airspace, and work closely with the Federal Aviation Administration and other regulators around the world to achieve our vision. Delivery within 30 minutes.
Amazon added: even though the Prime Air fleet is not ready to deploy immediate package shipments at scale, it is actively working on testing the technology. The company focused on delivering drones as part of a drive to quickly deliver packages to Prime service members. Since last year, Amazon has also invested billions of dollars to shorten delivery times from two days to just one day.
Amazon began testing delivery drones in 2013, with the goal of getting packages to customers' doors within 30 minutes or less. In August 2019, the company filed a petition to obtain approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for those plans. In its petition, Amazon said that deliveries would take place in sparsely populated areas, and that parcels would not weigh more than 5 pounds.
The company launched for the first time an electric drone at the 2019 (re: MARS) conference, and it is able to carry packages weighing no more than 5 pounds to customers within half An hour, and can fly up to 15 miles.
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