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Amazon.com developing delivery drones

Amazon.com says using drone aircraft for deliveries may enable it to get purchases to customers in less than 30 minutes.

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Amazon.com says it's considering using drone aircraft for deliveries.

The online retailer says it's working on its Prime Air project in its research and development labs.

It says the idea is the delivery system would be able to get purchases to customers in less than 30 minutes through the use of the unmanned aircraft.

The project was first reported Sunday by CBS' 60 Minutes.

But Amazon.com Inc. says it will take years to advance the needed technology and for the needed federal Aviation Administration rules and regulations to be created.


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