'Hands off our drones!' Amazon tells US local authorities as it looks to 'uniform' federal legislation

Charlee Gothard
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E-commerce giant wants the US to standardise drone legislation. But it is also reportedly looking to public to make low-tech Uber-style deliveries

Amazon is falling back on "uniform federal rules" to try to prevent local US authorities from grounding its delivery drones, or even earning the right to discuss the company's use of unmanned aeria...

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