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Drone aircraft and parachute: Amazon patents a new package delivery system

Rome, Italy - The US company enables the delivery of products from the sky

Amazon, one of the largest e-commerce companies of the United States, with headquarters in Seattle, has patented a bizarre way to deliver directly from the sky by launching packages from drone aircraft, small remote-controlled drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). This initiative avoids that the aircraft must land to make its delivery, in order to gain time and save the energies required for landing....

fra/pec - 1202272
Rome, Italy, 02/17/2017 17:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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