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Business Insider and the Financial Times are reporting that Amazon is laying off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff. The staff are working on delivery drone service Amazon Prime Air. The company is turning to two external manufacturers to build components for the drones. Additional deals potentially in the pipeline, a person familiar with Amazon's plans told the paper. Amazon's drone deliveries are still "years away." The company said development will "slowly but surely" progress in 2021.
Amazon was granted a U.S. patent on Tuesday for a miniature drone that would be fitted with microphones and a camera, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Amazon says it has entered into a partnership with the British government to speed up the process for allowing small drones to makes deliveries. Grace Pascoe reports.
Amazon has submitted a patent for using tall structures like lamp posts and church steeples as docking and recharging stations for its delivery drones.
U.S. online retailer Amazon on Tuesday called for new air traffic rules for commercial drone flights.
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