Amazon has put its drone testing on hold after two of its models crashed. according to It's the latest setback for Amazon's rival, according to Bloomberg. Prime Air programIt aims to deliver about 500 million packages a year to customers by the end of the decade.
In December, two Amazon drones crashed at a test facility in Pendleton, Oregon, Bloomberg reported. In another incident in September, drone operators employed by the company to test how the drones would perform if one of their propellers failed accidentally launched two test flights simultaneously, causing the drones to collide, according to Bloomberg.
Amazon will suspend drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona pending a software update for its drone fleet, Bloomberg reported.
Amazon's drone program has faced many setbacks, including setbacks. Leave Key Executive Officers. Last April, Amazon. It's over. Prime Air plans to launch drone delivery operations in California, though the company plans to do so. Expand. It has carried out tests of its unmanned aerial vehicle overseas.