The FAA has granted Amazon approval to test a delivery drone outdoors, allowing test flights over private, rural land in Washington state. The company also received an exemption from certain flight restrictions, but must keep flights below 400 feet and the drone in sight. Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) "Prime Air" program looks like it now has the opportunity to get off the ground, after being jeopardized in February under the FAA's commercial drone rules.
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