RewindAgain@futurology.today to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 months agoThe US FAA has given its first license to a company, Zipline, allowing them to fly drones autonomously.www.faa.govexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkThe US FAA has given its first license to a company, Zipline, allowing them to fly drones autonomously.www.faa.govRewindAgain@futurology.today to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareRewindAgain@futurology.todayOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoZipline are hugely successful in Africa. The model there is to fly low & slow and drop the packages. https://impakter.com/how-drones-are-revolutionising-delivery-of-medicine/
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoRight, but this was what they described to me as their plan for US operations: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23639425/zipline-drone-delivery-autonomous-tether-droid
Zipline are hugely successful in Africa. The model there is to fly low & slow and drop the packages.
https://impakter.com/how-drones-are-revolutionising-delivery-of-medicine/
Right, but this was what they described to me as their plan for US operations: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23639425/zipline-drone-delivery-autonomous-tether-droid