Amazon’s started to deliver orders by drones in California and Texas
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Image: Amazon Amazon is now delivering orders by drones in California and Texas with the aim to ultimately fly out packages to customers' homes within an hour, Ars Technica reports.
The retail giant's drone delivery service, Amazon Prime Air, already dropped a small number of packages via drone in the backyards of customers in the run-up to Christmas in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas.
Our aim is to safely introduce our drones to the skies. We are starting in these communities and will gradually expand deliveries to more customers over time," Amazon Air spokesperson Natalie Banke told KTXL Fox 40.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave Amazon Part 135 approval to send packages by drone in 2020, as well as filing Final...