Amazon's new delivery drone will start flying packages this year

Nearly a decade after Jeff Bezos first announced drone delivery, Amazon says it's finally ready to start air dropping packages - literally. The MK27-2 drone will drop packages from 12 feet in the air. CNBC got a first look at the drone on Thursday. Amazon says it will start making deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, by the end of 2022. Orders must fit in a shoebox-size box, weigh less than five pounds, and be able to survive the fall.

Correction, 0:40 — The correct distance the package drops is 12 feet. This story has been updated to reflect the correct height of the package drop.

[dwizzle]

Just had first delivery. Drone is much louder and powerful than expected. Sounds like a swarm of 10, 000 bumblebees 😂

[TheGoodAmericans]

The first time a package hits someone in the head, multimillion lawsuit.

[spartanracer]

Imagine this in certain areas of LA or NY? People would find ways to bring the drone down and sell it on the black market

[anibalvalente]

How many drones in NJ n NYC will get shot down daily?

[davidvanfleet]

I was able to see this first hand in College Station. Amazing technology. I am looking forward to seeing it evolve over the years to come.

[rowshambow]

Zipline and Wing got amazon beat on this

[barnyardcapital]

That elementary school egg drop project finally paid off!

[Tom_Van_Zandt]

This is way different than what they were showing just 7 or 8 months ago where the drone would basically come down to ground level and release the package, not drop it from 20 feet in the air. I live in Oklahoma and I can see that being a problem on a windy day, of which we have fairly often. I don't want to have to go to my next door neighbor and explain that my delivery got blown into their backyard. I liked the idea of the drone basically landing as opposed to this latest design.

[Lemingtona-xg]

imagine the drone dropping out of the sky due to malfunction with package weight an all. damage it would cause

[donadams]

This is why the FAA is kicking hobbyist drone and model airplane flyers out of low altitude airspace. Money talks when it comes to the government. I can't really see that it's worth it and bunches of these things from other companies will cause problems.

[Lakhany]

Why does this come off as super disappointing? They are just listing all the limitations it has and it’s not selling the idea at all.

[christianmoreno]

Fli is a revolutionary drone delivery service that wll change the world

[tulsaperson]

All I know is if my package can’t be delivered because they decided to deliver it via drone instead of van and my dog is outside, I’m gonna be pretty frustrated

[twiz]

Yeah...I guess we can't make fun of Amazon delivery drivers throwing packages anymore...?

[pitbulllove]

Seems incredibly inefficient lol

One package at a time? They’d need tens of thousands of drones in a city.

[drewskiakg]

I think the company zipline drones will take over the delivery industry. Its not loud either.

[ovalwingnut]

⁉12ft DROP⁉ Well, that sure beats our current delivery guy. Things are starting to look up! Just saying

[grateful.]

Wtf it dropped my new phone from 12 feet 😡

[UnMinutoViajando]

If it crashes in my yard stays in my yard since it is my property!

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