In addition to building tools for managing its own drone fleet, Amazon said it has also been working with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European Union and other countries to develop a broader traffic system for coordinating all drone flights in the air. "Managing the air traffic control for big air crafts up at high altitudes is very different from this," Misener said.

Beyond government regulation, one of Amazon’s most difficult jobs will be winning over people wary of package-carrying drones flying over head. "We aren’t unaware," he says, "that society has to accept this."

This article was provided by Bloomberg News.

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