Amazon Seeks US Exemption To Test Delivery Drones

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 11, 2014 @03:40AM from the i-thought-asking-forgiveness-was-better dept.

angry tapir writes: Amazon.com has asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for permission to test drones outdoors for use in its Prime Air package delivery service. In the run up to launching the service, which aims to deliver packages in 30 minutes or less, the online retailer is developing aerial vehicles that travel over 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour, and will carry 5pound (2.3 kilogram) payloads, which account for 86 percent of the products sold on Amazon. They need to ask permission because the FAA specifically banned such behavior last month.

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Re:Why in America? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-07-11 03:55 · Score: 0, Troll

Can't they just do the testing in Canada? Or some other country that hasn't created this law?
Because we're not the fucking dumping grounds for trying out stuff which is illegal in the US?
God Americans are self entitled assholes.