FAA Seeks to Certify Airworthiness of Drones for Amazon, Others

The FAA is accepting comment for 30 days on proposed certification of 10 unmanned aircraft systems as “special class aircraft,” said the agency. It published Federal Register notices for 3D Robotics, Airobotics, Amazon, Flirtey, Flytrex, Matternet, Percepto, Telegrid, Wingcopter and Zipline electric-powered drones weighing 5 to 89 pounds.