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• Amazon’s Prime Air will provide free drone delivery of products
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) said that it will begin to deliver products using Prime Air drones in College Station, Texas, later this year.
Texas is the second location the company plans to use drones for customer deliveries in the US. Last month, Amazon announced it would deliver some packages by drone later this year in the Northern California town of Lockeford.
The company posted the announcement on its blog.
Amazon said it would work with Texas A&M University, located in College Station, to deploy the drones. Amazon shoppers in Lockeford and College Station would receive free drone delivery on thousands of everyday items.
"Amazon's new facility presents a tremendous opportunity for College Station to be at the forefront of the development of drone delivery technology," said College Station Mayor Karl Mooney.
The company said its drones are capable of delivering packages up to five pounds in less than an hour. Amazon said that Prime Air drones can fly up to 50 miles per hour and up to an altitude of 400 feet.
Source - Amazon
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