Amazon's drone business can't get off the ground as regulations, weak demand stymie progress
Publishing timestamp: 2023-03-11 09:00:01
Summary
Amazon Prime Air has ambitious delivery targets for 2022, but the company has yet to clear regulatory hurdles necessary to grow its business. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires Prime Air to complete several hundred hours of flying without any incidents and then submit data to the agency. Prime Air has signed up about 1,400 customers for service between two sites, but it can only deliver to a handful of homes due to FAA restrictions. The company is working on developing its next-generation Prime Air drone, but it will have to go through the same regulatory process as its current drone.
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