VIDEO – The products have been delivered in thirty minutes to an individual who is resident in the Cambridge area, England, near a entrepos of the giant of e-commerce.
A delivery in thirty minutes, directly on the garden lawn. Amazon announced Wednesday his first delivery through a drone. This delivery to a particular was held in Great Britain on 7 December in the Cambridge area, near a entrepros of the giant of e-commerce. The service, called “Amazon Prime Air”, is called to develop in other regions of the country after the first test in real conditions.
Amazon had announced in July the launch of a programme of deliveries by drones in Britain, in collaboration with the british government. It is not the only one working on this method: Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced in August a test program in collaboration with the federal agency of the united states air force (FAA) in the framework of a project called “Wing”.
These initiatives, which are still at the test phase, have accelerated in recent months. The delivery is one of the positions of the most significant costs for companies, e-commerce, which are seeking alternative pathways to route the package. Wal-Mart, the american giant of the distribution “classic”, also plans to deliver some of its products by drones, according to the american media. The first delivery by drone in the United States was made in July by the convenience stores “7-Eleven” which had channelled through it to a chicken sandwich, a coffee and a donut in the region of Reno (Nevada).
The legislation allowing the delivery by drones in the United States is still a work in progress and should be finalised by the federal agency of aviation (FAA). Currently, it is possible to fly a drone less than 25 kilos in certain areas, which are not under the control air to the condition that the operator maintains a visual contact with the craft. A flight clearance shall be filed for the other areas to prevent the risk of collision with other aircraft.
(with AFP)
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