Amazon’s drone operation, called Prime Air, aims to deliver some 500 million packages a year by the end of the decade. The unit reached a key regulatory milestone in the US last year, receiving authorization from the FAA to fly its craft beyond their ...

Amazon packages could soon be delivered to your door in under an hour, as the retail giant moves one step closer to launching deliveries by drone in the UK. The company has chosen its warehouse in Darlington as the proposed site from which to launch the service.

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of a reported crash of two drones in December at an Oregon testing facility as a factor in the decision.

Amazon Prime Air, the drone delivery arm of the e-commerce giant, is temporarily halting operations in Texas and Arizona to upgrade its drones’ software. The move follows crashes at Prime Air’s test facility in Pendleton, Oregon, in September and December, first reported by Bloomberg.

Amazon delivery drones are soon to take to the skies in the UK. The site has been found in Darlington, but permits are still pending.

An Amazon manager on site recognized the sound of the second motor failure and shouted an order for the operator to land the second craft, the FAA account said. Someone relayed the command to the ...

White House Press Secretary Karen Levitt says they were authorized by the FAA for research adding that many were hobbyists and private citizens.

Gov. Phil Murphy appeared to be satisfied with the explanation and confirmation there was no threat to the public. Many other New Jersey leaders and politicians are looking for more information or took a swipe at the Biden administration.

Online retailer Amazon has selected Darlington, England, as the first site in Europe for regular drone deliveries. The company has not set a timeline for the operational rollout of deliveries. But it said in a Jan. 28 press release that it was accepting planning applications to build a flight...

Amazon has paused drone deliveries after a crash at its test site in Oregon. However, the company says this isn't the main reason for the pause.

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