Global package delivery company UPS has applied for an FAA Part 135 certification to operate commercial drone flights under a new subsidiary business called UPS Flight Forward, the company announced on Wednesday. The company said it could receive Part 135 approval this year, making it one of the first fully certified, revenue-generating drone operations in the U.S. UPS says it ultimately intends to operate delivery drone flights day or night and beyond the operator’s visual line of sight.

“UPS is committed to using technology to transform the way we do business,” said UPS chief transformation and strategy officer Scott Price. “UPS’s formation of a drone delivery company and application to begin regular operations under this level of certification is historic for UPS and for the drone and logistics industries.”

Currently, UPS operates drone healthcare deliveries in a specific use-case under FAA Part 107 rules at WakeMed’s hospital and campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. Under that program, the company delivers medical samples via unmanned drones, supplementing a ground courier service. UPS said it intends to expand its drone delivery service to other hospitals or campus settings.