Amazon Prime Air Deploys Onboard Detect-And-Avoid For Drones

Prime Air MK30 delivery drone

Prime Air’s MK30 delivery drone has an optimized propeller design to reduce noise by 25%.

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Amazon Prime Air has petitioned the FAA for an exemption to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations (BVLOS) of its MK27-2 delivery drone upgraded with an optical detect-and-avoid (DAA) system. According to the application, Prime Air plans to integrate BVLOS operations into drone delivery...
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