Amazon's plans to use self-driving AIRSHIPS to launch its delivery drones

Amazon plans to use giant flying warehouses to help its drones make deliveries, a new patent reveals. Described as'airborne fulfilment centres' (AFC), these airships will hover over cities at 45,000ft before releasing drones to deliver goods. The patent follows news earlier this month that Amazon had made the first successful delivery by drone, after shipping a parcel to a customer in Cambridge. Amazon plans to use giant flying warehouses to help its drones make deliveries, a new patent reveals. Described as'airborne fulfilment centres' (AFC), these airships will hove over cities at 45,000ft before releasing drones to deliver goods The latest patent was filed back in May of this year and recently uncovered by Zoe Leavitt of CB Insights.