Drone food delivery specialist Flytrex has been approved by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations. This enables Flytrex to expand its service nationwide. The company joins Wing, Amazon and Zipline as authorised drone delivery services in the US.
“Flytrex began working with the FAA in 2017, navigating an approval process that inherits much of its testing methodology from traditional manned aviation,” the company explained. “Throughout its certification process, Flytrex has met stringent FAA requirements including comprehensive safety data analysis, thousands of flight hours and extensive operational testing. The company has demonstrated that its drones can safely share the airspace with other aircraft, both manned and unmanned, meeting the same rigorous safety standards applied to traditional aviation.”
With BVLOS approval in place, Flytrex will look to build the infrastructure to bring drone delivery to regions across the US. It will start by expanding its operations in the Dallas Fort Worth area, with the goal of adding dozens of new sites by the end of the year and covering the entire metro area in the next 12 months.
Earlier this year, Flytrex and Wing implemented automated flight coordination in shared airspace, demonstrating how multiple drone services can operate safely and efficiently in the same communities.
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