The new rules are “just the beginning of the process.”Amazon has hired several lobbyists just to focus on drone rules. The new guidelines mandate that a commercial drone operator must always have the machine within line of sight — a rule that, for now, makes delivering packages unfeasible. to create commercial rules that they hope will pre-empt new bans passed or being considered in cities like Miami and states like California. Its chief executive, Jeff Bezos, expects drone delivery to be available within the next few years and has begun testing its own devices. Still, the action brings the drone delivery vision one step closer to reality.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2016 15:50 UTC