Amazon Prime Air
Amazon Prime Air (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a publicly traded Drones & UAS Autonomy company founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, United States.
Amazon Prime Air was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, United States. It is a division of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and develops autonomous unmanned aircraft for package delivery. Its current-generation delivery drone, the MK30, was introduced in November 2024 and is used to fly individual packages from fulfillment-linked sites to customer addresses in the United States, typically within roughly 60 minutes of ordering. The MK30 carries an onboard detect-and-avoid collision-avoidance system, and the unit is testing tethered gentle-delivery methods for more fragile items. Prime Air positions the service as a last-mile option for small packages. As a division of a public parent, it does not hold separate venture funding; its activities are part of Amazon's operations. Vice President and General Manager David Carbon leads the unit.
Amazon Prime Air applies autonomous aircraft to the last mile of retail delivery, with its MK30 drone designed to carry individual packages from fulfillment-linked sites to customer addresses in the United States. The MK30's onboard detect-and-avoid system is central to operating near people and obstacles, a requirement for scaling unmanned delivery. Because the unit sits inside Amazon's logistics operations, its deployments connect drone autonomy directly to a large consumer delivery network. Its work spans the autonomy and robotics sectors, placing it at the intersection of aerial vehicle design and commercial fulfillment.
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Seattle
United StatesFounded
2013
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Public
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