Drones

Zipline Is a Glimpse Into What Drones Should Already Be Doing

Zipline, the latest drone delivery service to launch in Salt Lake City, is unlike the rest. Instead of a four-prop quadcopter that hovers in place, Zipline drones look more like airplanes with a fixed wing design that weighs up to forty pounds and can travel over fifty miles.

Caden Rosenbaum
| 12th Oct 2022

Free Market

The FAA’s Dalliance with Federal Regulatory Waivers

The story behind the commercial drone industry’s journey to market is a win for regulatory reform at a federal level. The lessons learned could help streamline waiver programs for other federal agencies.

Caden Rosenbaum
| 6th Jun 2022

Op-Eds

This Is the Real Reason We Don’t Have Flying Cars

Once regulation catches up, there’s no reason drones can’t be used for a wide range of growth-boosting innovations in the state. Even leaving passengers aside, automated drones could get goods to consumers in record time, from groceries to smartphones.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 12th Jul 2021

Op-Eds

COVID-19 shows that drone reform is needed in Utah

As perhaps one of the most disruptive issues of our time, the coronavirus has had an impact on numerous industries around the world.

James Czerniawski
| 4th May 2020

Zipline Is a Glimpse Into What Drones Should Already Be Doing

The FAA’s Dalliance with Federal Regulatory Waivers

This Is the Real Reason We Don’t Have Flying Cars

COVID-19 shows that drone reform is needed in Utah

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