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2 non-lethal plans for domestic drones:
1. The burrito-delivering droneBurrito Bomber Attacks Hunger With Drone-Delivered Mexican Food
It doesn't have FAA approval yet, but designers hope fast-food plane will be decisive in civilian drone wars
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/12/21/burrito-bomber-starts-the-drone-delivered-mexican-food
2. Fed Ex delivery drones:
they'd like to switch their fleet to UAVs as soon as possible but that this will have to wait for the FAA, which has a tough road ahead in figuring out the rules of NAS integration. Unmanned cargo freighters have lots of advantages for FedEx: safer, cheaper, and much larger capacity.
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/fred-smith-fedex-wants-uavs
