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The Amazon founder debuted the firm’s delivery drones on 60 Minutes in 2013 and predicted drone deliveries could arrive
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Amazon has delivered hundreds of thousands of packages by drone this year, Prime Air Vice President David Carbon said Wednesday.
Key facts
- The Amazon founder unveiled the company’s delivery drones on 60 Minutes in 2013 and predicted drone deliveries could arrive within four to five years
- Working with Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery company, Walmart plans to build a network of more than 270 drone delivery locations in 2027 capable of reaching more than 40 million Americans
- Amazon said Wednesday its Prime Air service will expand to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026, a sixfold increase from its current footprint
- Zipline, meanwhile, told Fortune the number of businesses offering delivery through its service grew 13-fold in the first half of 2026
Summary
Forget raining cats and dogs: In America’s increasingly crowded skies, it may soon be packages and takeout food falling from above. For one Texas woman, the future has already arrived, though perhaps not exactly as Amazon intended. “When it went into the pool, I was shocked,” Austen told Storyful. The mishap comes at an awkwardly fitting moment for an industry that has spent years promising packages, takeout, and everyday essentials would eventually descend from the sky. Amazon said Wednesday its Prime Air service will expand to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026, a sixfold increase from its current footprint.