amazon has won us federal regulators' approval to test its drone delivery service the  e commerce giant hopes to speed packages to  customers through the air   despite public concern over the safety  and privacy implications the federal aviation administration said on thursday it had  issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an amazon  unit and its prototype drone design, allowing it to conduct  outdoor test flights on private, rural land in washington state scroll down for video  the company must supply monthly data to the regulators, and conduct flights at 400 feet (120 metres) orbelow and in 'visual meteorological conditions,' amazon is developing aerial vehicles as part of amazon prime air the aircraft can travel at more than 50mph and carry loads of up to 5 pounds about 86 percent of amazon's deliveries are 5 pounds or less, the company said 'we believe customers will love it, and we are committed to making prime air available to customers worldwide as soon as we are permitted to do so,' amazon has said the experimental certificate applies to a particular drone  design and amazon must obtain a new certification for test  flights if it modifies the drone in return, the company must supply monthly data to the  regulators, and conduct flights at 400 feet (120 metres) or  below and in 'visual meteorological conditions,' according to  the faa's certificate the drone operators must also have a private pilots' license  and current medical certification amazon chief executive jeff bezos wants to use drones    small unmanned aircraft   to deliver packages as part of a  program dubbed 'prime air' the company is developing drones  that can fly at speeds of 50 miles per hour (80 kph), operate  autonomously and sense and avoid objects amazon sought permission from the faa to test drones in  outdoor areas near seattle, where one of its research and  development labs is working on the technology the company has  conducted test flights outside the united states, in countries  with looser restrictions in february, the faa proposed long awaited rules to try to  set universal guidelines for drones, addressing growing interest  from both individual and corporations in using unmanned aerial  vehicles the draft rules, nearly 10 years in the making, still  must undergo public comment and revision before becoming final,  a process expected to take at least a year amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment it has previously threatened to take its testing outside the us 'in the absence of a timely approval by the faa to conduct outdoor testing, we have begun utilizing outdoor testing facilities outside the united states,' amazon vice president paul misener said in a letter to the federal aviation administration 'these non us facilities enable us to quickly build and modify our prime air vehicles as we construct new designs and make improvements,' he said
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