{"id":"56a27d9f-4ec6-4879-9bf3-db92a3d1dbac","modelId":"989509b8-2112-4a9d-b37a-55d09be1aaa2","versionId":null,"locationId":"6753d6b9-d63f-41f8-b672-4d80bdb4dd82","operatorId":null,"ownerId":null,"slug":"amazon-prime-air-mk30-global","status":"operational","firstSeen":null,"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://rover.report","title":"Rover registry backfill","date_accessed":"2026-06-07"}],"notes":"Aggregate global deployment. Prime Air MK30 operations.","keyFacts":[],"reviewNote":null,"exposureHours":null,"exposureBasis":null,"customerSegment":null,"scaleTier":null,"contractValueUsd":null,"contractValueBasis":null,"customerCompanyId":null,"customerExternalName":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-08T01:07:40.776Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-08T01:07:40.776Z","model":{"id":"989509b8-2112-4a9d-b37a-55d09be1aaa2","companyId":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","modelName":"Prime Air MK30","slug":"amazon-prime-air-mk30","description":"The Amazon Prime Air MK30 is Amazon's current-generation autonomous last-mile delivery drone, recorded in the aerial form factor to fill the registry's delivery-drone coverage (it is the major US delivery drone with the most-documented safety record). Successor to the MK27-2, it is quieter with greater range and heat tolerance, carries onboard sense-and-avoid, and delivers small packages of up to about five pounds to customers' yards across markets including College Station, Texas, Tolleson, Arizona, Waco, Texas, Richardson, Texas, and parts of the UK and Italy. Made by Amazon's Prime Air unit, it is recorded at pilot maturity rather than stable commercial because a pattern of FAA- and NTSB-investigated crashes has driven repeated US operational suspensions, including a January 2025 pause after dual Oregon test crashes and a Phoenix-area pause after an October 2025 double crane-strike. Its predecessor, the MK27, had its own 2021 crash near Pendleton, Oregon, in which a motor failure caused an uncontrolled fall and a lithium-battery fire that ignited acres of wheat stubble, recorded here as lineage rather than a separate entity.","formFactor":"aerial","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Maturity = pilot (cap-flag)","value":"MK30 has done limited commercial deliveries in a few US + EU markets, but a pattern of crashes and FAA/NTSB-investigated incidents drove repeated US operational SUSPENSIONS (Jan 2025; Phoenix Oct 2025), so it is recorded at pilot rather than stable commercial. The MK27 predecessor (2021 Pendleton OR motor-failure crash igniting wheat-stubble fire) is recorded as lineage, not a separate entity."},{"label":"Safety record (the editorial point)","value":"Amazon Prime Air owns the best-documented delivery-drone crash record (FAA/NTSB-investigated): dual Oregon MK30 test crashes (Dec 2024, LiDAR misread rain), Tolleson AZ double crane-strike (Oct 2025), Waco TX cable clip (Nov 2025), Richardson TX building strike + grass fire (Feb 2026). See linked incidents."}],"specs":"Amazon Prime Air MK30: Amazon's current-generation autonomous delivery drone (successor to the MK27-2), quieter and with greater range/heat tolerance, with onboard sense-and-avoid; delivers small packages (up to ~5 lb) to customers' yards. Deployments incl. College Station TX, Tolleson AZ (Phoenix area), Waco TX, Richardson TX, plus UK/Italy. Repeated crash-driven US operational pauses (Jan 2025; Phoenix-area Oct 2025). Made by Amazon (Prime Air). Predecessor MK27 had its own 2021 Pendleton OR crash + field fire (motor failure).","formFactor":"aerial (autonomous last-mile delivery drone; sense-and-avoid; repeated crash-driven US operational pauses)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-mk30-design","title":"Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone (quieter, longer range; sense-and-avoid)","sourceName":"Amazon (About Amazon)"},{"url":"https://dronexl.co/2025/05/16/why-amazon-mk30-drones-crashed-sensor-issues-exposed/","title":"Amazon MK30 dual Oregon test crashes (LiDAR misread rain as ground); FAA software fix; US ops paused","sourceName":"DroneXL"},{"url":"https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/amazon-drones-crash-crane-arizona","title":"Amazon MK30 double crane-strike, Tolleson AZ (FAA + NTSB; Phoenix deliveries suspended)","sourceName":"AeroTime"}],"aliases":["Amazon Prime Air MK30","Prime Air MK30","MK30","Amazon delivery drone"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-04T21:33:25.634Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T21:33:25.634Z","company":{"id":"b9b40dbf-7909-4d29-9bd9-e23f21bf06f9","name":"Amazon","slug":"amazon","description":"Amazon is the largest deployer of physical-AI robotics in the world by fleet count, with more than 1 million robots deployed across its global fulfillment network as of mid-2025, a count that continues to climb in 2026. The robot-to-human ratio across Amazon's operations is approaching 1:1, with roughly 1.5 million human employees. Amazon's physical-AI strategy is structurally vertically integrated: the company manufactures its own robotics platforms through Amazon Robotics (the subsidiary formed from the 2012 acquisition of Kiva Systems), operates autonomous vehicle robotaxi service through Zoox (acquired 2020), pilots external humanoids including Agility Robotics Digit, and acquired the Covariant founding team in August 2024 to accelerate AI deployment across robotics. The company's next-generation Shreveport, Louisiana fulfillment center deploys 10× more robots than a standard facility and serves as the orchestration testbed for Amazon's full robotics platform stack.\n\nAmazon's editorial significance is structural vertical integration unmatched by any other operator in physical AI. While most operators evaluate humanoids from external vendors (GXO, BMW, Toyota), and while most robot makers depend on external customer deployments (Figure, Agility, Apptronik), Amazon owns the entire stack: manufactures its own platforms, operates its own deployments, develops its own AI through Covariant talent, and runs its own autonomous-vehicle service. This puts Amazon in a category by itself among physical-AI operators globally.","status":"NASDAQ: AMZN","founded":1994,"hq":"Seattle, Washington, USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/","label":"About Amazon — Amazon Robotics fulfillment center coverage"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/","label":"TechCrunch — next-generation fulfillment center coverage"},{"url":"https://www.automate.org/","label":"Automate.org — Amazon Robotics surpasses one million systems deployed"},{"url":"https://www.awsinsider.net/","label":"AWS Insider — The Rise of Amazon AI Robots"},{"url":"https://jacobin.com/","label":"Jacobin — A Sober Look at Amazon's Automation Drive"},{"url":"https://www.thescxchange.com/","label":"Supply Chain Exchange — Shreveport DC coverage"},{"url":"https://metaintro.com/","label":"Metaintro — Amazon's 1 Million Robots (Fast Company investigation context)"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-introduces-new-robotics-solutions","title":"Amazon introduces new fulfillment robotics (Sequoia, Proteus) (official)","sourceName":"Amazon (official)"},{"url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazons-robot-workforce-hits-1-million-heres-what-they-all-do/","title":"Amazon tops 1 million robots; overview of its robot fleet (2025)","sourceName":"GeekWire"},{"url":"https://www.mmh.com/article/amazon_tests_its_sequoia_system_and_agility_robotics_digit_for_fulfillment","title":"Amazon tests its Sequoia system and Agility Robotics' Digit for fulfillment","sourceName":"Modern Materials Handling"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Fleet scale","value":"1M+ robots globally (mid-2025), continuing growth in 2026"},{"label":"Workforce ratio","value":"~1:1 robot-to-human (1.5M human employees)"},{"label":"Foundational acquisition","value":"Kiva Systems (2012, became Amazon Robotics)"},{"label":"Internal platforms","value":"Proteus (autonomous mobile, navigates with humans), Hercules + Titan (heavy AMRs), Pegasus, Sparrow (picking arm), Robin + Cardinal (sorting/loading arms), Sequoia (containerized inventory system), Vulcan (touch-sensing arm), Blue Jay (ceiling-mounted), Project Eluna (AI decision-support), DeepFleet (generative AI for fleet coordination)"},{"label":"Next-generation fulfillment center","value":"Shreveport, Louisiana, 3M sq ft, 5 floors, 10× standard robot density, Sequoia holds 30M+ items (5× original Houston deployment)"},{"label":"External humanoid pilots","value":"Agility Robotics Digit (tote handling, recycling bin transport)"},{"label":"Autonomous vehicle subsidiary","value":"Zoox (acquired 2020; testing robotaxi in Los Angeles; see /companies/zoox)"},{"label":"Covariant founders acquisition","value":"August 2024, Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan brought in for AI deployment"},{"label":"Investment program","value":"$15B+ robot warehouse push announced"},{"label":"Workforce signal","value":"Cut 100+ robotics division staff in March 2026 even as automation spending accelerates"},{"label":"wikidata","value":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884"},{"label":"wikipedia","value":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)"}],"aliases":["Amazon","Amazon.com","AMZN","Amazon Robotics"],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T03:07:21.566Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T22:14:49.981Z"}},"version":null,"location":{"id":"6753d6b9-d63f-41f8-b672-4d80bdb4dd82","name":"Global","slug":"global","kind":"city","parentLocationId":null,"region":null,"lat":null,"lng":null,"reviewStatus":"unreviewed","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-08T01:03:25.017Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-08T01:03:25.017Z"},"operator":null,"owner":null,"derived":{"trustTier":"unverified","currentPosture":null},"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Event","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/amazon-prime-air-mk30-global","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/amazon-prime-air-mk30-global","name":"Prime Air MK30 at Global","identifier":"56a27d9f-4ec6-4879-9bf3-db92a3d1dbac","location":{"@type":"Place","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/locations/global","name":"Global"},"organizer":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/amazon","name":"Amazon"},"about":{"@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/amazon-prime-air-mk30","name":"Prime Air MK30"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"pilot","lifecycle_state":"active","architectural_position":{"cohort":"aerial","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":1,"primary_source_types":[]}}}