The twin crashes of Amazon’s MK30 drones in Oregon occurred on Dec. 16, when both aircraft abruptly shut off mid-air and ...

Amazon, the multi-trillion dollar e-commerce monolith, seemingly cheaped out on keeping a key feature installed on its ...

Not as surprising when you see the FAA’s restrictions. Not as surprising when you see the FAA’s restrictions. Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers ...

What happened? Amazon’s delivery drone is known the MK27-2 and weights about 80 pounds empty. It can carry packages weighing up to 5 pounds. This done is much heavier than drones used by ...

And in November 2023, Amazon temporarily paused operations after an MK27-2 crashed in Pendleton when its battery ran out of juice, according to an NTSB account. The company subsequently began ...

In November 2023, Amazon temporarily halted operations after an MK27-2 drone crashed when its battery failed mid-flight. As Amazon works to refine its technology, it remains uncertain whether the ...

A pair of Amazon package delivery drones were flying through a light rain in mid-December when, within minutes of one another, they both committed robot suicide. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Dec. 16 ...

Most recently Amazon got permission from the FAA to not ... This new drone has got twice the range as the old MK27 drone that it replaces and is said to be significantly quieter as well.

Since the new model can fly in light rain and more extreme temperatures than the MK27-2, Amazon proposes operations 365 days per year, an increase from 260. Flights per day would increase from 200 ...