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Antonio Sierra

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  • caption: This latest iteration of Amazon's package delivery drones will be used to drop off packages in customers' backyards.

    Amazon drone deliveries nearly ready for prime time with Oregon crashes in rear-view mirror

    Amazon made news this month by announcing it will start package deliveries by aerial drone to real customers in a northern California town. In the run up to the U.S. debut, the company conducted extensive flight tests in Eastern Oregon, where it experienced a spate of crashes. Amazon said Monday the upcoming rollout of commercial drone delivery signifies the refined technology is safe and no longer experimental.