Drone Deliveries, a Dream Amazon.com Plans to Make a Reality Associated Press
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Amazon Prime Air (amazon)

Amazon.com is working on a way to get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less - by drone. Consider it the modern version of a pizza delivery boy, minus the boy.

Amazon.com said it’s working on the so-called Prime Air unmanned aircraft project in its research and development labs. But the company says it will take years to advance the technology and for the Federal Aviation Administration to create the necessary rules and regulations. The project was first reported Sunday by CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in a primetime interview that while the octocopters look like something out of science fiction, there’s no reason they can’t be used as delivery vehicles.

Bezos said the drones can carry packages that weigh up to five pounds, which covers about 86 percent of the items Amazon delivers. The current generation of drones the company is testing has a range of about 10 miles, which Bezos noted could cover a significant portion of the population in urban areas.

While it’s tough to say exactly how long it could take the project to get off the ground, Bezos told “60 Minutes” that he thinks it could happen in four or five years.

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