712 companies in the United States have permission to use drones, one of which is for the delivery of goods
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States issued the first permission of a commercial company for the delivery of goods by drones. The startup Flirtey, in collaboration with NASA, is already delivering medicines to a remote Virginia district using multicopter.
Multicopter Flirtey
Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States has issued 712 permits for the commercial use of drones. Drones are legally used by agricultural companies, road services, construction organizations, checking roofs for defects with the help of copters, security companies, medical services, film studios.
The most popular drones among American companies are Chinese DJIs. Some organizations in the work of using drones, designed for combat conditions.
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Advertising photography of AeroVironment, a US Army supplier
Drones should be within the operator’s reach, but the Office is already working on exceptions to this rule with two private companies. The ability to fly outside the visibility of a living person will allow the delivery of goods.
In March 2015, e-commerce giant Amazon received permission to test the delivery of goods by drones. It took a year and a half to get permission, and the drone was outdated during this time . As can be seen from the list of those who received permission to use drones by commercial organizations, for each model you need to get a new permit.
The first permission to deliver goods to the United States by drones was received by Flirtey startup this month. The first commercial project of a startup with this license was the delivery of drugs in Virginia. Drug delivery time in the district has been reduced from one day to half an hour. Doctors of the clinic prescribe medications and send them to a pharmacy in another city. The pharmacy accepts the prescription and packs the package on a NASA aircraft, which delivers it to Lownsem Pine airport, from where Flirtey drones deliver the drugs to the addressees. For six flights, the drone will deliver twenty-four packs to twenty-four patients.
In 2013, Flirtey began working in Australia with Zookal: renting textbooks to schoolchildren and students with air delivery. As of March 2015, over a hundred test flights were carried out as part of the project.
The route by which medications are delivered by road from the airport in Wise County.
Multicopter Flirtey
Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States has issued 712 permits for the commercial use of drones. Drones are legally used by agricultural companies, road services, construction organizations, checking roofs for defects with the help of copters, security companies, medical services, film studios.
The most popular drones among American companies are Chinese DJIs. Some organizations in the work of using drones, designed for combat conditions.
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Advertising photography of AeroVironment, a US Army supplier
Drones should be within the operator’s reach, but the Office is already working on exceptions to this rule with two private companies. The ability to fly outside the visibility of a living person will allow the delivery of goods.
In March 2015, e-commerce giant Amazon received permission to test the delivery of goods by drones. It took a year and a half to get permission, and the drone was outdated during this time . As can be seen from the list of those who received permission to use drones by commercial organizations, for each model you need to get a new permit.
The first permission to deliver goods to the United States by drones was received by Flirtey startup this month. The first commercial project of a startup with this license was the delivery of drugs in Virginia. Drug delivery time in the district has been reduced from one day to half an hour. Doctors of the clinic prescribe medications and send them to a pharmacy in another city. The pharmacy accepts the prescription and packs the package on a NASA aircraft, which delivers it to Lownsem Pine airport, from where Flirtey drones deliver the drugs to the addressees. For six flights, the drone will deliver twenty-four packs to twenty-four patients.
In 2013, Flirtey began working in Australia with Zookal: renting textbooks to schoolchildren and students with air delivery. As of March 2015, over a hundred test flights were carried out as part of the project.
The route by which medications are delivered by road from the airport in Wise County.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/367725/
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