The new drone, announced at re:Mars, marks a major milestone for Amazon’s Prime Air program, which has since its inception developed more than two dozen drone designs.
Amazon on Wednesday announced a new commercial delivery drone that it says will be delivering packages to customers in months. The new drone marks a huge milestone for Amazon’s Prime Air program, which has since its inception developed more than two dozen drone designs.
The new machine, unveiled on stage at the re:Mars conference, is fully electric. It can fly up to 15 miles and deliver packages under five pounds to customers in less than 30 minutes. While limiting its use to packages that are five pounds or less may not sound impressive, that represents 75 percent to 90 percent of packages that Amazon delivers today, according to Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer division.
