The Federal Aviation Agency has authorized two more companies to operate drones to fly longer distance flights beyond visual line of sight, or BVLOS.
The companies being given approval are UPS Flight Forward and uAvionix.
UPS Flight Forward, a UPS subsidiary focused on drone delivery, with its Matternet M2, can conduct small package delivery using a ground-based surveillance system from Raytheon.
UPS plans to conduct flights in a number of states including North Carolina, Florida and Ohio from its Remote Operations Center in Kentucky, according to the FAA.
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