TechHive: Amazon plans to use aerial drones to deliver packages via a new Prime Air service

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Amazon plans to use aerial drones to deliver packages via a new Prime Air service Dec 2nd 2013, 04:05, by John Ribeiro, IDG News Service Amazon.com plans to deliver packages to customers using unmanned aerial vehicles in 30 minutes or less. "It looks like science fiction, but it's real," Amazon said on its website. Its Prime Air service, powered by drones, will be ready from a technology point of view to enter commercial operations as soon as the necessary regulations are in place, it said. The company's research and development team is already working on the new delivery method. Amazon's plans, however, will depend on rules for civilian unmanned aircraft from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which it expects by 2015. "We will be ready at that time," it added. The FAA indicated last month that the development and implementation of operational and certification requirements for the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system is planned for not later than Dec. 31, 2015. It recently released a roadmap for the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: id-2068040-prime-air_high-resolution01-100154714-small.jpg

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