Where is it legal to have a vertiport? Can a drone drop a pizza at 2 in the morning? Can property owners deny access to the air above their land? Welcome to the world of “advanced air mobility.”
And Sen. David Buxton, R-Roy, asked if people were going to hear drones delivering pizzas in the middle of the night.
There likely will be considerable debate around geofencing, the technology that can control where drones and air taxis can operate for safety or other reasons. . Two of the 36 Walmarts with a drone-delivery option are in Lindon and Herriman. Across the 36 stores, there were only 6,000 deliveries in 2022, a number that is sure to grow this year.
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