Amazon's Prime Air MK30 is a delivery drone weighing 83 pounds that releases packages in flight. It is being deployed across multiple US cities including Tracy, Tallahassee, Omaha, and Texas locations, with Amazon planning service in nearly 500 US cities by end of 2026.
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Airframe / lift type | Multirotor – hex |
| Control / autonomy level | Fully autonomous (human-off-the-loop, AI-navigated), RC line-of-sight – BVLOS |
| Domain | Aerial (UAV/UAS) |
| Mission / use case – civil | Delivery / logistics |
| Propulsion | Electric (LiPo / Li-ion) |
| Range / endurance | Close range (5–50 km, 1–6 hrs) |
| Signature / detectability | GNSS-dependent, RF-emitting |
| Speed regime | Medium (50–150 km/h) |
| Threat vector | Smuggling / payload delivery |
| Weight / class | Class I – Small (20–150 kg), FAA >25 kg (Part 137 / waiver) |
| Confidence | low |