Amazon’s delivery drones are too loud for the residents where it’s testing the programme

The noise levels could get worse in the near future. In May, Amazon submitted a proposal to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to increase the number of drone flights from 200 per day to 469. — The New York Times

Tests for Amazon’s drone delivery programmeme have become a regular fact of life for residents of College Station, Texas.

The town, which is home to Texas A&M University, is the testing ground for Amazon’s drone delivery programme. The programme started in 2022, and its main goal is to figure out how to use drones to fulfill some of the estimated 5.9 billion packages Amazon delivered in 2023.