Pioneering drone company Flytrex and the drone services\ncompany Causey Aviation Unmanned, Inc. (CAU) have received approval from the\nFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin food deliveries by drone in\nHolly Springs, North Carolina. As part of the FAA\u2019s UAS Integration Pilot\nProgram (IPP) and in partnership with the North Carolina Department of\nTransportation (NCDOT), Causey Aviation, the Town of Holly Springs, and Kite\nRealty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG), Flytrex will soon begin its on-demand, unmanned\nfood delivery via commercial drones for local residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s announcement comes in the wake of the recent\nvalidation of Flytrex\u2019s self-triggered parachute recovery system by NUAIR\n(Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research), according to standards set by\nthe FAA and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Flytrex and\nCausey join the few select companies to be authorized to operate in a suburban\narea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRegulation is crucial to the future of widespread drone\ndelivery, both for safe operations and public acceptance, which is why we have\nbeen working diligently with the FAA to adhere to the highest standards of\nsafety,\u201d said Yariv Bash, CEO and Co-Founder of Flytrex. \u201cWe continually strive\nto reach new heights when it comes to advancing commercial drone use around the\nworld. That is why we are thrilled to have been chosen to work so closely with\nthe FAA to help this pilot take off. This is just the beginning as we expand\nthe possibilities of sky-bound delivery.\u201d\n\n\n\nPer the approved proposal, Flytrex drones will\noperate along one predetermined delivery route, connecting a distribution\ncenter at Holly Springs Towne Center, a shopping destination owned and operated\nby Kite Realty Group, with a single delivery point: Ting Park, a nearby outdoor\nsports and recreation hub. The flight route crosses over Route 55, and will fly\nprimarily over unpopulated areas, avoiding flights over adjacent neighborhoods.\nCAU Drone Delivery Operations for compensation under this provision will be\nconducted in accordance with Part 107 Rules and within Line of Sight of the\nRemote Pilot in Command (RPIC).\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pioneering drone company Flytrex and the drone services company Causey Aviation Unmanned, Inc. (CAU) have received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin food deliveries by drone in Holly Springs, North Carolina. As part of the FAA\u2019s UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) and in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NC-delivery.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13497,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13495\/revisions\/13497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}