Drone Deliveries: France Approves Plan To Deliver Packages With Drones Once A Week

Postal workers in France are about to get a day off. The country announced a test program that will use unmanned aircraft to deliver packages once per week, according to a report from Ars Technica. The General Directorate for Civil Aviation, France's airspace regulator, has given drones the go-ahead to take over delivery duty on a limited basis. The crafts will take flight in the southern region of Provence, where they will travel a limited, nine-mile route once per week. Heading the trial will be DPDgroup, an international subsidiary of the French national postal service.