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Amazon’s Prime Air Drone Unit Quietly Disbanded French R&D Team
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Engineers working on navigation now focusing on Covid response
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Amazon has been cutting jobs on its Prime Air project
An Amazon Prime Air drone.
Source : Amazon.com Inc.
Amazon.com Inc. has shifted staff working on its Paris-based drone research and development center to new projects, marking another set-back in the company’s delivery project.
The dozen-strong team, which previously focused on drone navigation, were reassigned to new roles in Amazon from September 2020 onwards, primarily focusing on Covid-testing software, according to job profiles on LinkedIn.