Amazon’s Prime Air service seeks to use self-piloted drones to deliver packages to its customers over distances of 10 miles or more within 30 minutes. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reported in early April.Īmazon’s last request for drone tests in the US was in limbo for over six months and the company subsequently developed a test site in Canada. When the FAA issued approval in March, the company stated that the prototype drone had already become obsolete, Reuters reported.Īmazon CEO Jeff Bezos first announced the drone-delivery venture in 2013. Amazon has been testing its Prime Air delivery drones for years now, but this week IT made its first public demo of the system in the US. In December, 2013, Jeff Bezos the CEO of Amazon, introduced plans for Amazon Prime Air. Pizza drone delivery is one thing, but when the largest e-commerce company in the world starts toying with the idea of using unmanned. But there’s debate about how many customers are really interested in ultra-speedy delivery. Amazon Prime Air is a delivery system that use small drones (miniature UAV) vehicles for safely delivering packages to customers in 30 minutes or less within a 10mi (16km) radius.Amazon produces its own drones. There’s been an explosion of same-day or sooner services, including the promise of home delivery by drone. We’re very focused on doing it right, so that we don’t in any way compromise safety.” “We have the opportunity to do it quickly, or we have the opportunity to do it right. And if you don’t have a pilot on board the aircraft, you need something that will substitute for that, which will sense other aircraft, and we can ensure appropriate levels of safety,” Huerta said. This is an inside look at one of our flight-testing facilities, located in Oregon. “A bedrock principle of aviation is see and avoid. Amazon drone delivery will enable even faster deliveries to customers, with the potential to increase overall safety and efficiency in the transportation network. The approval is a major victory for the e-commerce giant which has previously expressed frustration with the FAA’s slow pace in approving commercial drone testing.ĭrones for delivery have been criticized by opponents concerned about potential threats to public safety and privacy.įAA administrator Michael Huerta told PBS NewsHour’s Miles O’Brien in January that the agency is moving slowly because of the safety challenges posed by commercial drone use. We’re pleased the FAA has granted our petition for this stage of R&D experimentation, and we look forward to working with the agency for permission to deliver Prime Air service to customers in the United States safely and soon. Paul Misener, Amazon’s Vice President of Global Public Policy, hailed the announcement: In a letter posted on the agency’s website, the FAA gave the green light as long as the drones fly within the height and speed requirements: No higher than 400 feet and no faster than 100 miles per hour. Amazon has officially won the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval to test delivery drones in the United States.
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