{"id":27114,"date":"2023-11-07T01:52:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27114"},"modified":"2023-11-07T01:52:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T01:52:45","slug":"flytrex-and-causey-aviation-unmanned-receive-faa-approval-for-bvlos-operations-without-visual-observers-across-u-s-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/flytrex-and-causey-aviation-unmanned-receive-faa-approval-for-bvlos-operations-without-visual-observers-across-u-s-suburbs\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Flytrex and Causey Aviation Unmanned Receive FAA Approval for BVLOS Operations Without Visual Observers Across U.S. Suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Flytrex has announced its longtime partner Causey Aviation Unmanned<\/a> (CAU) has received an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to remotely fly drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) without visual observers. Extended to only a select group of companies, this approval is recognized as one of the most advanced regulatory approvals to date and sets the stage for mass scaling of CAU and Flytrex’s delivery service, after meeting certain conditions and limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flytrex<\/a> has undergone years of rigorous testing to verify that its drone delivery service maintains the highest safety standards, and this milestone is the latest acknowledgement of those efforts. In January of this year, Flytrex operator CAU received its part 135 certification, which allowed Flytrex to expand its drone delivery service nationwide \u2013 offering food, drinks, and other goods to the more than 82 million eligible front and backyards across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe take extreme pride in our partnership with Causey\nAviation Unmanned and look forward to expanding our joint operations with this\nhighly sought-after authorization from the FAA,\u201d said Yariv Bash, CEO and\nCo-Founder of Flytrex. \u201cThis BVLOS approval not only validates the strength of\nour drone delivery service, but also sets a precedent for profitable, expanded\noperations in the industry. As the DoorDash of the sky, we are always striving\nto offer safer, more efficient, and cost-effective alternatives to traditional\ndelivery methods \u2013 BVLOS operations allow us to do just that, on a massive\nscale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This news follows Flytrex\u2019s recent announcement of its\nAutonomous Pickup capability, which allows for a fully autonomous delivery\nprocess\u2014from order placement, to pick-up, through delivery to customers\u2019 yards.\nSince 2022, Flytrex\u2019s eligible customer base has grown exponentially, from\n40,000 eligible customers to 95,000 \u2013 a 138% increase. Flytrex\u2019s service is\noperating seven days a week, drone delivering hundreds of food orders a day to\ncustomers\u2019 yards in NC and TX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis approval represents a landmark moment for the drone\nindustry. We are grateful to the FAA in helping advance the regulatory\nframework allowing us to define the next chapter in drone delivery and\nencourage wider drone adoption throughout the world,\u201d said Jeff Causey, Founder\nand CEO of Causey Aviation Unmanned. \u201cWe are excited to continue our\npartnership with Flytrex, a company that has helped elevate our service to new\nheights and enable drone delivery at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, Flytrex and CAU have been working closely with\nregulators to get drone delivery safely off the ground. Together, they\nparticipated in the FAA\u2019s UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP), which concluded\nin October 2020, as well as the FAA\u2019s subsequent initiative, BEYOND, working\nwith the North Carolina Department of Transportation to help tackle the\nremaining challenges of UAS integration \u2013 bringing swift, affordable and\nsustainable on-demand drone delivery to more partners, communities and\nconsumers across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flytrex has announced its longtime partner Causey Aviation Unmanned (CAU) has received an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to remotely fly drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) without visual observers. Extended to only a select group of companies, this approval is recognized as one of the most advanced regulatory approvals to date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coffee_Delivery-edit.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114","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=27114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27118,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114\/revisions\/27118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}