{"id":42910,"date":"2023-09-20T12:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/?p=42910"},"modified":"2023-11-13T18:22:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T18:22:05","slug":"faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Clears Way for Autonomous Aviation in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct commercial deliveries without the need for visual observers, marking a significant achievement that the entire industry has pursued for years. This groundbreaking decision paves the way for the widespread integration of autonomous aircraft into the U.S. national airspace and facilitates the scalability and affordability of commercial drone delivery services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyzipline.com\/newsroom\/news\/announcements\/faa-authorizes-zipline-to-fly-bvlos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct commercial deliveries without the need for visual observers, marking a significant achievement that the entire industry has pursued for years. This groundbreaking decision paves the way for the widespread integration of autonomous aircraft into the U.S. national airspace and facilitates the scalability and affordability of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[316],"class_list":["post-42910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FAA Clears Way for Autonomous Aviation in the U.S. | Smart Mobility<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct BVLOS commercial deliveries. Read more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FAA Clears Way for Autonomous Aviation in the U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct BVLOS commercial deliveries. Read more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Mobility\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-20T12:11:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-13T18:22:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industry_News_FAA_650x320px.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Irene Wong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Irene Wong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FAA Clears Way for Autonomous Aviation in the U.S. | Smart Mobility","description":"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct BVLOS commercial deliveries. Read more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FAA Clears Way for Autonomous Aviation in the U.S.","og_description":"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct BVLOS commercial deliveries. Read more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/","og_site_name":"Smart Mobility","article_published_time":"2023-09-20T12:11:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-13T18:22:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industry_News_FAA_650x320px.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Irene Wong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Irene Wong","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/","name":"FAA Clears Way for Autonomous Aviation in the U.S. | Smart Mobility","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industry_News_FAA_650x320px.png","datePublished":"2023-09-20T12:11:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-13T18:22:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/#\/schema\/person\/00d0df16b751ba6053a45decbc96ccb2"},"description":"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct BVLOS commercial deliveries. Read more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industry_News_FAA_650x320px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industry_News_FAA_650x320px.png","width":650,"height":320,"caption":"Smart Mobility - Industry News!"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/news\/advanced-air-mobility-industry-news\/faa-clears-way-for-autonomous-aviation-in-the-u-s\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FAA Clears Way for Autonomous Aviation in the U.S."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/","name":"Smart Mobility","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/#\/schema\/person\/00d0df16b751ba6053a45decbc96ccb2","name":"Irene Wong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1e0836e89737c0f77441e6a50b60456cc82c0b984cb973297f33e392e432a54?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1e0836e89737c0f77441e6a50b60456cc82c0b984cb973297f33e392e432a54?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Irene Wong"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industry_News_FAA_650x320px.png","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industry_News_FAA_650x320px.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42912,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42910\/revisions\/42912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42910"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/industries\/smart-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_type?post=42910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}