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Amazon will bring its Prime Air transportation drones to a caller U.S. metropolis this year.
The tech giant connected Monday identified nan West Valley information of Phoenix arsenic nan adjacent American metropolis slated to get nan drones and their transportation services.
Amazon said it was aiming to present nan exertion to West Valley customers later successful nan year.
It will first require nan institution to get its Federal Aviation Administration and section authorities approvals lined up. It said it was "currently working" pinch officials connected that.
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The drones will alert retired of a tract beside its Tolleson same-day transportation location successful what nan institution described arsenic its "first time" they will beryllium "fully integrated" into its network.
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Amazon simultaneously revealed Monday it would extremity operating nan drone facility it has tally successful Lockeford, California, since 2022. That city, which is northeast of Stockton, will still person entree to different types of deliveries, per nan tech giant.
The logo of nan U.S. online unit elephantine Amazon is seen astatine nan distribution halfway successful Staten Island arsenic workers onslaught successful request that nan installation beryllium unopen down and cleaned aft 1 staffer tested affirmative for nan coronavirus connected March 30, 2020, successful New (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
It cited a strategy to "prioritize our resources to proceed increasing nan program" arsenic nan reasoning for nan closure.
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Meanwhile, its Prime Air drone deliveries successful College Station, Texas, will stay available, pinch its sights group connected further places successful America adjacent year.
In nan autumn of past year, Amazon besides indicated it wanted to connection nan drone deliveries successful Italy and nan U.K. utilizing its MK30 drone, connected apical of a caller location successful nan U.S.
This image taken connected July 4, 2022, shows nan logo of Amazon, a awesome online shopping company, displayed astatine Amazon Amagasaki Fulfillent Center successful Amagasaki, Hyogo prefecture. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Another awesome retailer, Walmart, has besides been moving connected its ain drone delivery. In January, it accrued nan number of households successful nan Dallas-Fort Worth area pinch entree to nan work by 1.8 million.
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It performs deliveries by drone successful zip codes located successful respective different states too, according to its website.
Daniella Genovese contributed to this report.
