has revealed the second metropolis the place it plans to begin making deliveries later this 12 months. The firm it is going to begin contacting clients in College Station, Texas, to gauge their curiosity in receiving orders by way of .

Amazon says it was impressed by many parts of town, together with the analysis being performed by Texas A&M University, resembling work on drone know-how. The US Census Bureau the inhabitants of College Station was 120,000 as of final July, so whereas it is not the largest metropolis round, it looks as if a good measurement for the initially rollout of Prime Air.

“Amazon’s new facility presents a tremendous opportunity for College Station to be at the forefront of the development of drone delivery technology,” Karl Mooney, the mayor of College Station, stated. “We look forward to partnering with Amazon and Texas A&M and are confident that Amazon will be a productive, conscientious, and accountable participant in our community.”

Amazon introduced it is going to begin making drone deliveries in Lockeford, California later this 12 months. It plans to drop packages in clients’ backyards and hundreds of merchandise will probably be eligible for this system. Amazon will begin the Prime Air service (and greater than two dozen prototypes) after it first revealed plans for drone deliveries.