The US FAA has given its first license to a company, Zipline, allowing them to fly drones autonomously.
The US FAA has given its first license to a company, Zipline, allowing them to fly drones autonomously.
www.faa.gov /newsroom/faa-authorizes-zipline-deliver-commercial-packages-beyond-line-sight
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Parachute? Last I talked to them, they were planning to lower payloads via a ... well, kind of a Zipline.
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