The FAA has granted UPS a certificate to operate limited drone delivery services across the United States
On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it had granted UPS a certificate to operate limited drone delivery services across the United States.Over the past six months, UPS has already made 1,100 medical sample deliveries at a Raleigh, North Carolina, hospital under a government pilot program. The deliveries travel 150 meters from one hospital location to another. Now UPS plans to expand to more than 20 hospitals over the next two years.
Read MoreAlphabet's Wing to make Walgreens' drone deliveries in small Virginia townUPS first announced in March that it would work with Matternet, a drone company, to make deliveries daily between two locations at the WakeMed hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. UPS said it generates revenue from the flights, but declined to provide further details.The UPS drones fly fully autonomously on pre-programmed routes that a remote human pilot monitors.
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