In September, for instance, UPS announced it started testing the use of drones for urgent deliveries in hard-to-reach areas in the US. But the FAA is working with private companies and developing broader rules. Walmart spreads holiday joy in Phoenix, Arizona, with drones Avatar for. In the US, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s initial drone regulations essentially prohibited commercial drone deliveries, as drones must stay within a pilot's line of sight and cannot fly directly over people. Forget Amazon, Walmarts 30-minute residential drone delivery service is now live. The company said it's working with regulators and policymakers in other countries, too. It also received permission to test flights where one person operates multiple highly-automated drones. drone operations broke on Tuesday, but plenty of smaller players are still working to bring drones to U.S. In July, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) provided Amazon with permissionto test drone operations in rural and suburban areas, as well as permission to test drone sensor performance essential to identifying and avoiding obstacles. Drone delivery bulls took a hit after news of Amazon’s floundering U.K. It plans to test drones in multiple international locations, but the company has started trials in the UK, rather than the US, because it's received permission from regulators in the country. As part of Amazon’s widespread layoffs, some employees in the nascent drone delivery project are losing their jobs, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon has Prime Air development centers in the US, as well as in the UK, Austria, and Israel.

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