Drones
CBS Chicago and NBC 5 Chicago reported Amazon's MK30 drones delivering packages from its Markham, Illinois, warehouse near Chicago, though NBC 5 said the rollout was not yet official.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“CBS Chicago reported the Markham drones delivering 12 days earlier, on October 14, after Homewood residents filmed one coming down the day before.”
What it means
Prime Air (MK30), from Amazon, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Prime Air (MK30)
- North Haven, Connecticut's top elected official said no decision on Amazon's plan for up to 1,000 Prime Air drone deliveries a day from its local warehouse would come until 2027.
- Massachusetts' aviation regulator told Amazon it cannot open a drone takeoff and landing site anywhere in the state without a state certificate, and that Amazon had not yet applied for one.
- Massachusetts' transportation department told Amazon in a letter that its proposed Prime Air drone delivery operation needed a state certificate of approval, and said it had received no application.
- Massachusetts' transportation department told Amazon it could not open a Prime Air drone pad in Westborough or elsewhere in the state without its certificate, and said Amazon had not applied.
- Amazon said Prime Air would start drone deliveries in Tallahassee, Florida, by mid-November, at a public showing of its MK30 drone; the building to house the drones was still under permit review.
- DroneXL reported that Amazon's hoped-for late-October start of Prime Air flights in Westborough, Massachusetts, had slipped, with a zoning appeal set for November 2 and a Planning Board hearing on November 10.