Coscline News, Amazon announced that it has officially started using the MK27-2 drone to deliver goods to customers in California (Rockford) and Texas (University City).
The e-commerce giant first announced in June 2022 that it would launch a drone delivery service in Fornia, California, and the service finally went live six months later. Now, as long as the goods that meet the Prime Air standard are ordered through Amazon, they are all in the scope of drone delivery.
Amazon Air spokeswoman Natalie Banke said: “Our goal is to safely fly drones into the air. We will be launching drone deliveries in these two locations first, and will expand the service over time. to more areas.”
Coscline has learned that Amazon, which calls its drone delivery service “Prime Air,” has been in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration, local officials in Fornia, California, and Texas to discuss Launch the service as early as possible.
Amazon said that after the user places an order, the drone will fly to the user’s backyard, then descend to a certain height and drop the package, and finally fly away. The drone can carry goods weighing less than 5 pounds and deliver them to users within 60 minutes.
It is worth noting that in November this year, Amazon showed a new drone called “MK30”. The company announced that the new MK30 UAV is not only lighter and smaller, quieter, and has a stronger battery life, but also can fly under high temperature and light rain in a changeable weather environment. According to the development process, the delivery drone will be put into use in 2024.