Amazon parcels could be delivered by drone by 2021 as trials begin in new year.
AMAZON parcels could be delivered by drone by 2021 with trials set to begin in the new year.are set to see unmanned small aircraft tested beyond the operator's line of sight, which is currently banned.Amazon has been developing its own technology to deliver parcels by droneThey must also fly drones within their range of vision, which is up to 1,600ft.
The drone will first be flown by a local operator before the pilot goes to monitor it from a control room 50 miles away. John McKenna, the chief executive of Sees.ai, said: "We most likely will be the first business in the UK to fly beyond visual line of sight in nonsegregated airspace. This month, the Civil Aviation Authority published a guide for making long-distance drone flights an "everyday occurrence".
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