Amazon to trial Prime Air drone delivery service in UK airspaces.

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has permitted Amazon to fly drones beyond a human operator’s line of sight and trial small e-commerce deliveries via its Prime Air service. Amazon drones will be permitted to fly to distances of around 12 kilometres from their base in one of the UK’s fulfilment centres. According to officials, the trials will examine how the drones identify and avoid other aircraft, as well as the signals sent to flag their presence to others in the airspace and air traffic control. 

Amazon stated that it would load small packages of up to five pounds in weight into the drone’s dedicated storage container at its fulfilment centres. The drones would then carry the delivery to a delivery point, usually a consumer’s garden, and eject it from the air. Whereas most drones are not able to sense or avoid hazards and obstacles, Amazon has designed a ‘sophisticated’ and ‘industry-leading’ sense-and-avoid system – aiming to ensure safety when carrying the product in transit and when lowering towards the ground.

亞馬遜將在英國領空試用 Prime Air 無人機送貨服務。英國民航局 (CAA) 允許亞馬遜將無人機飛到人類操作員的視線之外，並透過其 Prime Air 服務試用小型電子商務送貨服務。亞馬遜無人機將被允許飛行到距離其英國履行中心之一的基地約 12 公里的距離。據官員稱，試驗將檢查無人機如何識別和避開其他飛機，以及向空域和空中交通管制中的其他飛機發送信號以標記其存在。

亞馬遜表示，它將把重量不超過五磅的小包裹裝載到其配送中心的無人機專用儲存容器中。然後，無人機會將貨物運送到交付點（通常是消費者的花園），並將其從空中彈出。儘管大多數無人機無法感知或避開危險和障礙物，但亞馬遜設計了一種「先進」且「行業領先」的感知和迴避系統，旨在確保在運輸過程中和降落到地面時的安全。

Source: packagingeupoe.com