Amazon - Prime Air!

Prime Air is a new project of Amazon which focuses on their delivery service. The goal of this new delivery system is to get packages into customers' hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles.The FAA is actively working on rules and an approach for unmanned aerial vehicles that will prioritize public safety.

The US company announced with considerable fanfare late last year that it was considering using drones as a way of dramatically reducing the time it takes to deliver orders to customers. At the time there was speculation that the move was little more than a publicity stunt. But Amazon said in July that it had sought permission from the US Federal Aviation Administration to test drones that could fly as fast as 50 miles per hour for up to 30 minutes at a time to deliver packages weighing up to 2.3kg (5lb).

Amazon claims to have developed sense-and-avoid sensors and algorithms that will allow the Prime Air drones to see obstacles and automatically avoid collisions.  The battery powered drones are a rotor based system capable of flying at 50mph, and can carry a five pound payload — which is sufficient to deliver 86% of the products in Amazon’s inventory