E-commerce giant Amazon has unveiled the design of its new Prime Air delivery drone, which will handle high temperatures and light rain.
The new ‘MK30’ drone will enter into service in 2024 and is expected to be 25 per cent quieter than current ones, the company said in a blogpost.
The article said, “Transport items weighing up to five pounds while flying hundreds of feet in the air” is the new drone’s stated mission and goals.
The new, lighter, and smaller “MK30” drone will take the place of the existing hexagonal “MK27-2” drone.
Even though it’s difficult to completely eliminate all risks associated with flying, the business said that “we have applied a proven aerospace approach to design safety into our technology”.
The new drone will undergo rigorous evaluation by national aerospace authorities like the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prove its safety and reliability.
“We have created a sophisticated and industry-leading sense-and-avoid system that will allow our drones to operate at greater distances while safely and reliably avoiding other aircraft, people, pets, and obstacles,” said Amazon.
Earlier this year, the company had announced that the customers who live in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, in the US would be among the first to receive Prime Air deliveries later this year.
–IANS Business standard
