Amazon Air Delivery-What You May Not of Considered.

[We Talk UAV]

Back in 2013 Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO revealed their intentions to make deliveries with drones within 30 minutes after placing the order. At that point it was almost taken as a joke because of the obvious technical, operational and legal challenges that such service presented.

Further in 2015 they came with their second model (presented by Jeremy Clarkson) of the Prime Air with a hybrid shape between a fixed-wing and a multicopter and a bunch of features such as image recognition and sense and avoid technology. The announcement was quite a surprise since Amazon looked really committed to make it a reality this time.

Amazon Prime Air Delivery - Episode III - WeTalkUAV

 

[licensed pilot]

I don't expect this service in any urban/suburban area of the US anytime soon. The conflict with general aviation/helicopters would be too great until better collision avoidance systems are developed on both sides and integrated into ATC. It'll happen but it is pretty far away. Dropping a package at someone's home out in the boondocks is just a stunt, not the same as national delivery.