United Parcel Service Inc on Tuesday said it won the U.S. government's first full approval to operate a drone airline, which gave it a lead in the nascent U.S. drone delivery business over rivals Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted UPS' Flight Forward
LOS ANGELES - United Parcel Service Inc on Tuesday said it won the U.S. government's first full approval to operate a drone airline, which gave it a lead in the nascent U.S. drone delivery business over rivals Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc.
"We'll easily get to 20-plus flights per day, per drone," said Scott Price, UPS' chief strategy and transformation officer. "There are hundreds of campuses in the United States," said Price, who added that UPS is eyeing drone deliveries on hospital, corporate and university campuses as it builds Flight Forward.
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