Amazon gets FAA approval for new delivery drone

Amazon gets FAA approval for new delivery drone as it begins tests in Arizona
Alongside the FAA approval, Matt McCardle, head of regulatory affairs for Prime Air, said the company is starting to make drone deliveries Tuesday near Phoenix, Arizona. In April, Amazon said it planned to spin up drone operations in Tolleson ...
Amazon starts air drone deliveries near Phoenix
Amazon Prime Air drone deliveries are underway and delivering small packages within an hour in the West Valley of the Phoenix metro area.
Amazon starts drone deliveries in Arizona
Amazon is starting up drone delivery operations at its Tolleson, AZ, same-day delivery site. Customers who live in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area are eligible to receive packages via Prime Air and will have “access to the over 50,
Amazon begins drone delivers to Phoenix, provided the weather is favorable
Amazon has started making deliveries by drone to customers in Phoenix, Arizona. There are 50,000 products to choose from, but they must weigh five pounds or less.
Amazon begins delivering certain products via drone in Phoenix
A few months after ending its drone-based delivery program, Prime Air, in California, Amazon says that it’s begun making deliveries to select customers via drone in Phoenix, Arizona. Starting today, Amazon customers in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area have access to a drone-deliverable selection from Amazon’s catalog,
Amazon starts drone delivery in the West Valley
People in parts of the West Valley may have to look up for their next Amazon delivery. The e-commerce giant is launching drone delivery service in and around its Tolleson site.
Amazon delivery drones now flying the skies of Arizona
Is it a bird, a plane? No, it's Amazon's flying drones that will be up in the air above the Phoenix metro starting Nov. 5.
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