While Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon) did receive approval to fly its test drones from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) back in March of this year for its July 2014 request, that approval proved to be useless after Amazon updated its drone technology before receiving its first approval. The FAA’s drone approval process was conducted slower than
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Amazon gets FAA approval to use drones for test fly delivery
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
In February 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a framework for how it plans to oversee the operation of small drones weighing 55 pounds or less. Now, on March 20, 2015, the FAA has come to an agreement with Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon), and issued it an online retailer experimental airworthiness certificate, to permit it…