Amazon Prime Air

Amazon Prime Air received clearance from the FAA to bring drone delivery to Lockeford and College Station in November and December of 2022.Image: Scott Eisen (AP)Amazon’s drone delivery service was all talk and no action for nearly a decade, until this past December, when customers were finally able to purchase their favorite products and have them shipped via Amazon Prime Air. However, sources close to the project told The Information this week that Amazon’s drones have only delivered packages to fewer than 10 houses in…

Amazon Prime Air is Amazon’s drone delivery program that is supposed to deliver a 5 pound or less package to you in less than 30 minutes. Image: Scott Eisen (AP)Amazon’s foray into drone delivery has been a bumpy road, according to a former Amazon manager who worked with the tech. Cheddi Skeete says that he was fired from the company after raising concerns over the safety of Amazon’s drone delivery program.According to The Seattle Times, Skeete says that there was no onboarding process for new employees working on the…

Alphabet owned autonomous delivery drone company Wing on Friday released footage of a first of its kind delivery drone command center. The space resembles a military war room but rather than monitor Predator drones dropping bombs over villages, Wing technicians will watch Uber like GPS routes to ensure flying Doritos and Tylenol get to their intended recipients.The Wing technicians, referred to as “Pilots in Command,” sit in a central office in Texas where they can observe feeds of deliveries occurring across multiple…