UPS has received FAA certification to operate a drone airline, beating competitors like Amazon and Alphabet's Wing to the milestone
UPS has gotten the go-ahead from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to operate a drone airline, beating competitors like Amazon and Alphabet’s Wing to the milestone. The logistics giant can now expand nationwide a medical delivery service that it has piloted on a hospital campus in North Carolina with the drone startup Matternet.
However, operations will be restricted to rural areas and campus-like settings like colleges and medical centers where population density is lower, and UPS will need to apply for exemptions on a route-by-route basis to fly drones beyond the pilot’s visual line of sight. The FAA has yet to formulate rules to allow for drone operations in urban areas.
UPS said it plans to expand the service, called UPS Flight Forward, to more hospitals and medical campuses around the country, and partner with more drone makers to source vehicles with higher cargo capacities than Matternet’s M2 quadcopter, which has a weight limit of 5 pounds.
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