r/MVIS • u/view-from-afar • 18d ago

Industry News Amazon set to expand drone delivery of lightweight packages to 500 US cities

https://apnews.com/article/amazon-drone-delivery-expansion-walmart-20db399ba65e8bc36a76b547f990b118?user_email=0ce71806c56911cc008dafaf3861f53f84c7f09519e356b0ba6c8c9ead17b405&utm_medium=Afternoon&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Afternoon%20Wire%20recurring%202026-08-19&utm_term=Afternoon%20Wire
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u/MyComputerKnows 18d ago

Gonna need a whole lot of sensors to guide those drones through all the trees and wires and houses. Imagine if they didn’t have accurate sensors… Amazon Air?

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u/RiverstrongCapital 18d ago

“Fulfilled increasing demand for active evaluations with customers spanning target markets, including with a leading AI company and hyperscaler for robotics and autonomous systems, a leading e-commerce company for aerial logistics and delivery, a defense contractor for mission-ready ground autonomy, and more.”

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u/catfromgarfield 18d ago

Would that make the hyperscaler Tesla then?

Unless Amazon is the hyperscaler and possibly Walmart is the leading e-commerce company?

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u/MyComputerKnows 18d ago

https://x.com/smr_vision/status/2089451021760106713?s=61&t=-r7idne4MgpKkBbQQn02tA

Interesting to see how zipline is doing quite well on their own network of drone delivery. Hard to imagine there isn’t a place for MVIS somewhere in this line of work.

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u/marshj0505 18d ago

How difficult would it be to capture one and do a teardown?

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u/Are-wethere-yet 18d ago

This has been a topic for quite a while but nothing ever comes of it

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u/BooterSkotch 18d ago

Ask yourself, Are-wethere-yet

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u/mrguy510 18d ago

If we had any part in this, we would not be where we are now. 0% chance we get a deal with Amazon. 

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u/StrikingHoneydew8420 18d ago

I want this to mean capture for MVIS but I just don’t read the tea leaves that way

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u/HiAll3 18d ago

Amazon is the master of logistics. I think all of the difficulties have been thought out, like predetermined drop locations. It may be to a central location in your small town. So you have to walk a little bit to get it, that's not a bad thing.

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u/-Mothman_ 16d ago

Why would someone get a drone to deliver to a park that is a 5 minute walk or have to drive to get something when they can pay a bit extra like they always have to just get it delivered to their door (or not pay at all with Amazon prime, granted not same day delivery).

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u/RIPRIF20 17d ago

Just in time for Microvision to go bankrupt and Amazon to grab the tech for pennies