Announcement reposted from Amazon United States:
Earlier this year, we announced our fastest Prime delivery speeds ever in the U.S. and around the world, with more than five billion items arriving the same or next day globally.
Now we’re taking the next step in our Prime Air journey by starting drone delivery in the West Valley of the Phoenix, Arizona metro area.
That means customers who live near our Same-Day Delivery sites in Tolleson, Arizona, and purchase an eligible item weighing five lb or less, can have it delivered by drone in under an hour. Customers will have access to more than 50,000 everyday essentials—including household products, beauty items, and office/tech supplies.
Our Same-Day Delivery sites are smaller hybrid sites—part fulfillment center, part delivery station—that allow us to fulfill, sort, and deliver products all from one place, so we can get packages out to our customers even quicker.
The MK30 drone also previously started making deliveries in College Station, Texas. We will methodically expand this program in months and years to come.
To learn more about our drone deliveries, go to About Amazon.