Amazon’s MK30 drones had been delivering packages in College Station, Texas, and Tolleson, Ariz. after the company won FAA approval in October.
An Amazon spokesperson said an incident that involved a crash at a testing facility in Oregon was not the primary reason for the pause.
Amazon halts drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, citing possible safety concerns with its MK30 drone software.
Amazon’s drone operation, called Prime Air, aims to deliver some 500 million packages a year by the end of the decade. The unit reached a key regulatory milestone in the US last year, receiving authorization from the FAA to fly its craft beyond their ...
Amazon Prime Air, the drone delivery arm of the e-commerce giant, is temporarily halting operations in Texas and Arizona to upgrade its drones’ software. The move follows crashes at Prime Air’s test facility in Pendleton, Oregon, in September and December, first reported by Bloomberg.
Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of a reported crash of two drones in December at an Oregon testing facility as a factor in the decision.
Our services will resume once these updates are completed and approved by the FAA.” Amazon representatives did not give a timeline of when drone delivery would resume but said employees who work ...
An executive order signed by President Trump in the hours after his inauguration Jan. 20 shut down all federal government diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which the order called ‘radical and wasteful.’
An executive order signed by President Trump in the hours after his inauguration Jan. 20 shut down all federal government diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which the order called ‘radical and wasteful.’
LONDON (Reuters) - Some large U.S. companies had made limited progress in promoting women and were diluting or abandoning equal opportunity initiatives even before President Donald Trump launched last week a nationwide campaign to scrap them, underscoring a shift in corporate priorities.
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