Amazon Prime Air

Amazon Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime Air has served less than 10 households roughly a month after its first deliveries in California and Texas. What Happened: An Amazon spokesperson hasn’t denied the lackluster performance of delivery drones but said the company is planning to expand Prime...

When Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced the future Prime Air service, he promised customers delivery by drone in less than 30 minutes. Amazon has discussed using drones for delivery since 2013, and 2018 was the original target date. What Happened: The Federal...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Air vice president Gur Kimchi held an audience of clean technology and environmental policy experts spellbound as he laid out the company's futuristic vision of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) darting around the sky delivering packages to consumers in 30...

The U.S. is tiptoeing into a future of autonomous vehicles, but the United Arab Emirates is taking the shift one step further. Dubai will launch passenger drones — essentially flying, pilotless taxis — as early as July. According to a Monday promotional video by the Roads and Transport...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s ambitions to deliver its products to clients via drones is one step closer toward becoming a reality. Amazon Prime Air represents the future of Amazon's delivery service in which the company can deliver a package weighing up to five pounds to a customer...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been making headlines for a while now by testing futuristic delivery drones. According to new patent filings, customers might not even need to be at home to have Amazon products delivered: the Amazon drones will track you down. Early Stages While the...

Earlier this week, the Federal Aviation Administration was thought to have quietly quashed Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) initial plans for an unmanned delivery service. Amazon was not explicitly prohibited from proceeding with the project, but the FAA released a few specific rules that could have...

Following news Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration had banned Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) from using unmanned drones to deliver packages, clarification from the FAA, reported by CNET, now seems to indicate such was not the case at all. Monday’s news referenced an FAA document that...

CEO Jeff Bezos called them “Octocopters,” but in reality Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) future delivery vehicles are drones. In 4-5 years, Bezos told CBS, under the moniker Amazon “Prime Air,” Octocopter drones will deliver packages weighing five pounds or less direct to your doorstep in about 30...