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The US FAA has given its first license to a company, Zipline, allowing them to fly drones autonomously. (www.faa.gov)
submitted 1 year ago by RewindAgain to c/futurology
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Parachute? Last I talked to them, they were planning to lower payloads via a ... well, kind of a Zipline.

[–] RewindAgain 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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/

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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