Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Air drone program has been cleared by US regulators to fly devices beyond the visual line of sight of ... Amazon to expand US drone service after getting regulator’s nod.

Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its delivery drones longer distances, the company announced on Thursday. Amazon says it can now expand its ...

Amazon cleared a key regulatory hurdle that will enable it to expand drone deliveries. The FAA has allowed Amazon to fly drones out of sight of a ground spotter, enabling it to fly farther distances.

Amazon has been delivering packages to customers in Lockeford, near Lodi, via drone since December of 2022. On Wednesday, the Seattle-based company announced plans to expand the service.

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Amazon is seeking to deliver 500 million packages a year by drone by the end of the decade. It delivered more than 4 billion units on the same or next day to Prime members in the US in 2023.

A serious crash in June 2021 prompted federal regulators to question the drone’s airworthiness because multiple safety features failed and the machine careened out of control, causing a brush fire.

The FAA's approval marks a key step for the company, which has had ambitions to deliver online orders through drones for more than a decade. During a TV interview in 2013, Amazon founder Jeff ...

Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its delivery drones longer distances, the company announced on Thursday. Amazon says it can now expand its ...