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Amazon Tells Packed Westborough Room Its Drones Are Coming Anyway

Hundreds packed Amazon's Prime Air forum in Westborough, Mass. No resident spoke in favor. Amazon says its drones are coming anyway, pending approvals.

Haye KestelooSep 24

Amazon

Amazon Preps Tallahassee Drone Hub. Florida Law Gives City Little Say

Amazon is hiring Prime Air drone handlers in Tallahassee and a drone unit is filed for its warehouse lot. Florida law keeps the city out of the flights.

Haye KestelooSep 23

Amazon

Amazon Wants Drones Over 6 Massachusetts Towns. Not All Have Been Told

Amazon wants a Westborough, Mass., drone pad serving six towns within 7.5 miles. Shrewsbury heard via police, Southborough not at all. Forum Sept. 23.

Haye KestelooSep 21

Amazon

Amazon Drones Overwhelm Texas Suburb, NYT Says. FAA Signed Off In July

The New York Times counted 52 Amazon drones over one Richardson yard in a day. The FAA ruled that noise not significant in July. Here is the paper trail.

Haye KestelooSep 21

Amazon

Amazon Wants 1,000 Drone Flights a Day in CT. Comments Close Oct. 1

Connecticut takes public comment on Amazon's North Haven drone hub until Oct. 1. The FAA filing asks for 1,000 MK30 flights a day, Amazon's usual ceiling.

Haye KestelooSep 20

Three-panel sequence of an Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone releasing a package over a suburban Arizona backyard

Drone Delivery

Amazon Drones Drop Packages Where State Law Calls It a Crime

Ten states restrict dropping objects from aircraft more tightly than the FAA. Amazon's MK30 is the only delivery drone that releases packages in flight.

Haye KestelooSep 20

Amazon

Amazon Plans Portland Drone Hub in a State That Fought FAA Review

Amazon asked Portland, Oregon to review a Prime Air drone hub at its Schmeer Road warehouse for early 2027, under a national FAA review Oregon's AG fought.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Zipline

Zipline Answers Safety Questions on the Record. Amazon and Wing Don't

DroneXL sent Amazon, Wing and Zipline the same drone delivery safety questions on one deadline. One company answered. Its answers are published in full.

Haye KestelooSep 16

Amazon Prime Air

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