{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000182-5b45-d8e1-a586-7b772e820001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/watch-how-amazon-is-preparing-for-drone-delivery","headline":"Watch how Amazon is preparing for drone delivery","description":"Go behind the scenes as the Amazon drone delivery team develops a service to bring ultrafast delivery to customers.","datePublished":"2022-08-09T13:00:48.063Z","dateModified":"2022-08-09T13:00:48.063Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/643e15a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x800+0+50/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F56%2F1b%2F3e9b120e4a7fa3bd56a9ff382ffa%2Finline1-1600x900.jpg","width":"1200","height":"600"},"articleBody":"# Watch how Amazon is preparing for drone delivery\n\n*Go behind the scenes as the Amazon drone delivery team develops a service to bring ultrafast delivery to customers.*\n\nWe have been working on building a drone delivery service since 2013. Our goal? Building fully electric drones that deliver packages under 5 pounds to customers in less than an hour.\n\nLater this year, customers living in [Lockeford, California](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-prepares-for-drone-deliveries) and [College Station, Texas](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazons-drone-delivery-is-coming-to-texas) will be among the first to receive Prime Air drone deliveries.\n\n![Images of an Amazon employee wearing an orange safety vest next to an Amazon drone. Images of a drone in air.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/f982b3e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F56%2F1b%2F3e9b120e4a7fa3bd56a9ff382ffa%2Finline1-1600x900.jpg)\n\n![Images of an Amazon employee wearing an orange safety vest next to an Amazon drone. Images of a drone in air.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1c9386b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fdb%2Fe6%2F26db594945ab83ec3be0259e942f%2Finline2-1600x900.jpg)\n\n![Images of an Amazon employee wearing an orange safety vest next to an Amazon drone. Images of a drone in air.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/4eea17e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F2a%2F4a%2Fea2d4dc84caa885fb84d090e4afd%2Finline3-1600x900.jpg)\n\n![Images of Amazon employees wearing orange safety vests work on drones.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/df5f1e8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1647x1098+77+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F89%2F1f5d344c408cb842dfdfbf8332c0%2Fgallery1-1800x1098.jpg)\n\n- [How Amazon is building its drone delivery system](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/how-amazon-is-building-its-drone-delivery-system)\n\nThis is an inside look at one of our flight-testing facilities, located in Oregon. Here, a dedicated team of experts in safety, aerospace, science, robotics, software, hardware, testing, and manufacturing come together to build a safe and scalable system.","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}