Recently, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced plans to deliver packages to customers using drone-like “octocopters” controlled by GPS.  The octocopters will have a radius of 10 miles making customers who live in larger cities near the company’s distribution centers more likely to quality for the 30-minute air deliveries. Packages would need to be five pounds or less, which is currently about 90% of all Amazon deliveries.

There are still many questions surrounding Amazon Prime Air like how does Amazon plan on keeping people from shooting down the drones? The company doesn’t directly address the issue, but released a statement reading, “The FAA is actively working on rules and an approach for unmanned aerial vehicles that will prioritize public safety. Safety will be our top priority, and our vehicles will be built with multiple redundancies and designed to commercial aviation standards.”

Questions about flying in poor weather and battery life (currently about 30 minutes) also arise. Essentially, these are just two kinks the company is actively working on. And they’ve got plenty of time since Amazon Prime Air won’t likely come to fruition anytime soon. Before the program can launch, the FAA needs to approve Amazon’s flight plans and the agency is in no rush to give the go ahead on domestic drones. In fact, drone expert and associate professor at MIT, Missy Cummings, expects Amazon will gain approval to launch the program in other countries ahead of the United States.