WORKS FOR YEARS.
BUT SOON,
DELIVERY BY
DRONE COULD
BECOME A REALITY
FOR AMAZON
CUSTOMERS..
MANDY GAITHER
HAS MORE IN
TONIGHT'S
CONSUMER WATCH.
"IT'S A PROGRAM
AMAZON FIRST
ANNOUNCED IN 2013
--
THE COMPANY
VOWING TO USE
DRONES TO MAKE
DELIVERIES IN 30
MINUTES OR LESS.
ON SATURDAY --
THE FEDERAL
AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION
APPROVED AN AIR
CARRIER
CERTIFICATE --
WHICH MUST BE
HELD BEFORE A
COMPANY BEGINS
DRONE DELIVERIES.
AMAZON SAYS IT
WILL USE THE
APPROVAL TO
BEGIN TO TEST
DELIVERIES -- BUT
DECLINED TO SAY
WHEN OR WHERE
THE TESTS WILL
TAKE PLACE.
SOCIAL DISTANCING
CONCERNS DURING
THE PANDEMIC
HAVE INCREASED
INTEREST IN USING
ROBOTS FOR
DELIVERY -- BUT
THE TECHNOLOGIES
AREN'T READY YET
FOR WIDESPREAD
USE.
THE F-A-A IS ALSO
STILL DEVELOPING
REGULATIONS
NEEDED FOR
DRONE USE -- SUCH
AS REMOTE
IDENTIFICATION.
DAVID CARBON --
WHO TOOK THE
LEAD ON AMAZON'S
DRONE PROGRAM
IN MARCH --
CALLED THE
CERTIFICATION AN
IMPORTANT STEP.
AND SAYS, "WE WILL
CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND
REFINE OUR
TECHNOLOGY TO
FULLY INTEGRATE
DELIVERY DRONES
INTO THE AIRSPACE,
AND WORK
CLOSELY WITH THE
FAA AND OTHER
REGULATORS
AROUND THE
WORLD TO REALIZE
OUR VISION OF 30
MINUTE DELIVERY."
AMAZON IS THE
THIRD DRONE
DELIVERY COMPANY
TO RECEIVE THE
CERTIFICATION
FROM THE F-A-A.
FOR TODAY'S
CONSUMER WATCH,
I'M MANDY GAITHER.
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