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Amazon

Amazon Brought a Drone to a Car Show. Tracy Got No Comment Period

Amazon displayed its MK30 at a Tracy car show before launch. The FAA has published no environmental assessment for the site, and no comment period opened.

Haye KestelooSep 14

An Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone on a painted outdoor launch pad at a UK site, with a worker in an orange high-visibility vest walking behind it carrying a yellow handling bar.

Drone Delivery

Amazon Made 500 Drone Flights. Now It Wants a Whole UK Town

Amazon asked the CAA to fly Prime Air across all of Darlington after 500 flights, against a permission that already allows 100 deliveries a weekday.

Haye KestelooSep 13

Amazon

Amazon Drone Lands Itself Beside a Baton Rouge Road, Two Months In

An Amazon MK30 set itself down on a Florida Boulevard grass strip Friday, props intact, as storms crossed the parish. Amazon has not said why.

Haye KestelooSep 12

Amazon

Amazon Says Quieter Than a Truck. Its FAA Filing Says 92 Decibels

Amazon told Baton Rouge its delivery drones beat an idling truck. Its own FAA noise filing puts the delivery hover at 92.1 decibels.

Haye KestelooSep 9

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 6

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