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Wreckage of an Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone on the ground beside a building after striking a construction crane in Tolleson, Arizona, with police tape and traffic cones around it

Amazon Prime Air · Amazon

Amazon Had Two Days To Answer 8 MK30 Safety Questions. It Didn't

DroneXL sent Amazon Prime Air eight written questions about its 83-pound MK30 drone. Saturday's deadline passed with no answers as Amazon plans 500 cities.

Haye KestelooSep 66 min read

Zipline

Zipline Drone Ends Flight On Houston Highway The Way Amazon's Can't

A Zipline delivery drone came down under its parachute onto Highway 6 in Cypress on Friday. No injuries, no damage, no calls to police, and no cause yet.

Haye KestelooSep 5

Wing delivery drone carrying a blue Walmart package in flight against a clear sky

Drone Delivery

Wing Claims Largest US Drone Network As Amazon Promises 500 Cities

Wing says it flies thousands of Walmart drone deliveries a day. Walmart's own quarter backs the rate. Amazon's 500-city map is the counterclaim.

Haye KestelooSep 4

Amazon

Amazon's 83-Pound MK30 Heads To 500 Cities: Parachute Shmarachute

Amazon would not put anyone on the record about the MK30 at Commercial UAV Expo. Its 83-pound drone has no parachute and is headed for 500 US cities.

Haye KestelooSep 3

Amazon

Amazon Pitches Richmond on Drone Delivery It Is Not Yet Cleared to Fly

Amazon showed Richmond an MK30 and promised Prime Air from its Henrico fulfillment center, but federal and landlord approvals are still pending.

Haye KestelooAug 29

Amazon

Amazon Drone Delivery Returns to California After 2024 Lockeford Exit

Amazon will launch Prime Air MK30 drone delivery in Tracy, California within a month, its first flights in the state since it shut Lockeford in April 2024.

Haye KestelooAug 29

The Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone on display at XPONENTIAL Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany

Drone Delivery

Amazon's Pool Drop Shows Why Zipline Is Winning Drone Delivery

An Amazon MK30 dropped a package into a Texas pool. Zipline's tethered droid and parachute designs show why the 83-pound drone keeps missing.

Haye KestelooAug 22

Prime Air

Amazon Drone Crash In Darlington Draws AAIB Case Before December CAA Verdict

An Amazon MK30 crashed into a Darlington garden on July 29. The AAIB opened an accident inquiry as the CAA weighs the trial's December renewal.

Haye KestelooAug 17

Amazon Prime Air

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