Drones set to deliver a package in the U.S. for the first time next month, but Amazon won't be involved

It looks like a drone will be delivering a package in the U.S. for the first time next month — but Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) won’t have anything to do with it. Instead, this milestone is likely going to belong to the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, a research consortium led by Virginia Tech. The group has been designated an official Federal Aviation Administration drone test site operator, so it works closely with the government and has been approved for previous flights. Jon Greene, MAAP’s…
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