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UPS FLIGHT FORWARD GAINS FAA APPROVAL UPS recently announced that its Flight Forward subsidiary has received the first Part 135 Standard Certification to operate a drone airline in the United States. After receiving FAA approval, Flight Forward immediately launched its first drone delivery flight at WakeMed’s hospital campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. That flight, using a Matternet M2 quadcopter, was flown under a government exemption allowing for a “beyond visual line of sight” (BVLOS) operation,...