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Amazon Picks California Town as First to Receive Drone Deliveries

Online services company Amazon recently announced that customers in Lockeford, California in the United States would be among the first to receive drone deliveries later this year.

This would be the first time Amazon makes drone deliveries available to the public. The move follows other drone delivery programs tested by companies such as Walmart, the United Parcel Service and FedEx.

Amazon said it was working with Federal Aviation¹ Administration and city officials for permits.

The drones will have the ability to fly beyond-line-of-sight. That means they can operate beyond the normal sight of the drone pilot. The drones will be programmed to drop deliveries at the homes of customers in Lockeford. The town has a population of about 4,000 people.

Amazon has been working toward drone delivery for years, but it has been slowed by regulatory issues. Back in December 2013, the company's chief and founder² Jeff Bezos said that drones would be flying purchases to people's homes within five years.

In 2019, Amazon produced self-piloting drones that are fully³ electric and can carry about 2.2 kilograms of goods. The drones are designed to deliver goods within 30 minutes of purchase by dropping them in a customer's backyard.

Amazon made its first delivery by drone in Britain in 2016.

Words in This Story

customer - n. a person who buys from or uses the services of a company especially regularly

drone - n. an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers

delivery - n. the transfer of something from one place or person to another

1 aviation   

n.航空，航空学，飞机制造业

参考例句：

• Ten years ago,they began to develop the aviation. 十年前，他们开始发展航空工业。
• Pilots of large aircraft are masters of aviation.大型飞行器的驾驶员是航空学方面的专家。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。