Amazon to test Prime Air drone delivery service in UK | Wilnesh News

Amazon and six other organizations have been selected to take part in a trial aimed at expanding the use of drones in the UK

The country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) declare On Thursday, the experiment will involve integrating drones into British airspace that fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. This means the operator does not need to maintain line of sight of the drone.

CCA said the flights used advanced technology to navigate, control and detect other aircraft.

Projects servicing remote infrastructure include offshore wind farms, North Sea inspections and the provision of emergency medical supplies.

“Our aim is to make drone operations beyond visual range a safe and everyday reality, contributing to the modernization of the UK’s airspace and integrating new technologies into our skies,” said Sophie O’Brien, Director of Future Flight at the British Aerospace Administration. Sophie O’Sullivan said.

The trial will collect data on how the drones detect and avoid other aircraft, as well as the electronic signals they can send so they can be seen by other airspace users and air traffic control.

Simon Masters, deputy director of the Future Flight Challenges at the UK Department of Research and Innovation, said the flights “have the potential to change the way we move goods and provide services, particularly in areas with poor connectivity”. He added that the program is vital to CCA’s wider airspace modernization strategy, which focuses on making UK airspace fit for future uses.

Amazon’s drone delivery service, Prime Air, is a pet project of founder Jeff Bezos, who hatched plans for the service more than a decade ago.

E-commerce giant explain Last October, the company’s customers in the UK and Italy will have the option to use drones to deliver packages starting in late 2024.

David Carbon, vice president and general manager of Amazon Prime Air, said: “It is critical for operators like us to have clear regulatory requirements in place to bring and scale new technologies like drone delivery to UK customers.” “We are grateful to the CAA for working with us to help clarify regulations that support commercial drone deliveries.”

Prime Air has launched service in College Station, Texas, and Rockford, California, for packages weighing up to 5 pounds. But the program’s expansion has faced regulatory hurdles, delays and the departure of some top executives.

Last year, US company Prime Air laid off a large number of employees as part of the largest round of layoffs in the company’s history. The service also faces competition from Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent company letterand Walmart The company partners with Zipline for drone deliveries.