Amazon's drone deliveries could be just two years away

Drones could be bringing parcels to your door within two years, thanks to a bill that left the Senate today. The bipartisan aviation policy bill, which passed the Senate 95-3 Tuesday, demands that the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) authorize package deliveries by drones within two years. The bill, which must now be debated by the House, also makes changes to various regulations including those affecting airport security and airplane pricing. It says that the agency must create a small drone'air carrier certificate' for operators of delivery drone fleets, similar to the safety certificates granted to commercial airlines. These rules are needed for Amazon and other companies to deploy fleets of delivery drones.