Amazon’s new Prime Air drone could start making 30-minute deliveries ‘within months’

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by Sindy Cator on June 5, 2019 at 11:36 pm

We’ve been hearing about Amazon’s plans to deliver packages via drone for years, but now the prospect of 30-minute deliveries appear to be nearing reality. At its re:MARS Conference today, Amazon unveiled its new ‘Prime Air’ drone design, saying it would enable airborne deliveries “within months.” In other words, this is the robotic courier you may soon see on your doorstep. For reference, here’s the previous version: And this was the first iteration: We’ve come a long way. The new Prime Air’s key change is its ‘hybrid’ design that combines the vertical take-off and precision of a traditional drone with…