Amazon Expands Drone Delivery Coverage to Nearly 500 US Cities
Amazon announced that its Prime Air drone delivery service will expand to nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States by year-end, marking a sixfold increase from current coverage. The expansion includes new metro areas such as Chicago (Illinois), Syracuse (New York), Cleveland (Ohio), Atlanta (Georgia), and Boise (Idaho). Each Prime Air site serves an area of approximately 175 square miles. The service has already delivered 'hundreds of thousands' of packages this year, with most orders arriving within about 60 minutes. Amazon emphasized its safety features, including a Detect-and-Avoid system, to address concerns following past incidents involving drone crashes into cranes and other structures.
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