2020 could be the year that e-commerce takes flight, in a whole new way.
"The emerging US drone operators are upgrading from constrictive drone-specific regulatory frameworks and essentially shoehorning their unmanned vehicles into more flexible and expansive FAA rule sets," Loop Capital Markets wrote in a note to investors last month.A mix of giant e-commerce, logistics and technology companies are battling to win regulatory approval and roll out commercial drone delivery networks.
The lucrative potential of a last mile drone network is why Loop says "everyone is watching" Amazon. The firm estimated that a fleet of 100,000 drones would save Amazon $1.2 billion per year. in Virginia – although Wing has only received limited FAA approval to delivery small package in a handful of Virginia cities., transporting blood samples on a hospital campus in North Carolina in September.
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