The Federal Aviation Administration has quietly quashed Amazon's AMZN initial plans for an unmanned delivery service.
Amazon was not explicitly prohibited from proceeding with the project, but the FAA released a few specific rules that will effectively ground Prime Air. Most notably, a drone (categorized as a "model aircraft") cannot be used to deliver packages to anyone for a fee.
This detail (which was first spotted by Ars Technica) will make it very difficult for Amazon to bring Prime Air to the masses.
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