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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Yes, we are a very long way away from autonomous flying aircraft. It took the FAA something like 10 years to create certification guidance for manned electric VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft, it was just issued last month. Autonomous anything, even unmanned, is still massively restricted.
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A bit off topic but right around the corner and coming to your neighborhood very soon will be beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) delivery drones. These will be large - up to 600kg (1320 lbs - about the size of a Robinson R22 helicopter). Amazon and other delivery companies want to expand this by the tens of thousands. Thousands of large drones crisscrossing the skies.