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[Compsiox]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/amazon-prime-now-drone-delivery-fleet-gets-faa-approval.html

Amazon received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, a milestone that allows the company to expand unmanned package delivery.

The approval will give Amazon broad privileges to “safely and efficiently deliver packages to customers,” the agency said. The certification comes under Part 135 of FAA regulations, which gives Amazon the ability to carry property on small drones “beyond the visual line of sight” of the operator.

Amazon said it will use the FAA’s certification to begin testing customer deliveries. The company said it went through rigorous training and submitted detailed evidence that its drone delivery operations are safe, including demonstrating the technology for FAA inspectors.

The drones:

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

I assume they have the music dubbed over it because the thing sounds like a thousand angry hornets like every other UAV out there?

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Nothing to exciting. The weight limit is less than 5 lb.

 

[MaestroMike]

If they can increase the weight limit that would be a very cool service to utilize if you live in a rural area. This is neat.

 

[Pagusas]

Nothing to exciting. The weight limit is less than 5 lb.

I wonder how many items will get a special "same day drone delivery" tag and be specifically made to hit that weight limitt?

 

[bender]

Nothing to exciting. The weight limit is less than 5 lb.

 

[YCoCg]

Me waiting for my Amazon packages in the future:

 

[Stouffers]

I want a drone hair cutting service.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

I can just see people shooting these things down.

 

[Kev Kev]

I want a drone hair cutting service.

 

[Tesseract]

free drones?!

 

[Mr Nash]

free drones?!

Depends how good your aim is.

 

[Tesseract]

Depends how good your aim is.

 

[daveonezero]

Amazon is increasing their monopsony. Now they will be the only ones able to offer this.

 

[Compsiox]

I can just see people shooting these things down.

And get permanently banned from all Amazon services.

They'll regret it when Amazon starts running the hospitals.

 

[MaestroMike]

can't they just make the drones bullet-proof???

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Can't wait to order all my porno DVDs and have get shipping with a drone