Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Speedbird Gains Brazil Approval for Urban BVLOS Drone Flights
Brazilian regulator ANAC shifts from route approvals to scalable operations
Speedbird drone delivery
Speedbird Aero is expanding BVLOS drone delivery operations in Brazil after ANAC approved flights over densely populated areas.

Brazil’s civil aviation authority has authorized Speedbird Aero to operate delivery drones over areas with population densities of up to 5,000 people per square kilometer (12,950 per square mile), marking a shift from route-by-route approvals to a scalable national framework for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations.

The decision by ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil), announced on March 16, allows the company’s DLV-2 A25 model to fly over densely populated urban areas under pre-approved conditions and significantly expands the scope of its commercial drone operations in Brazil.