article_snippet: If you're an Amazon customer in the UK your future online purchases could arrive at your home or office by drone.
article_snippet: Frustrated with how long it is taking to get approval for it flying delivery service in the US, Amazon is said to have approached the British Government to launch a trial of the technology in Britain.
article_snippet: Amazon has approached the British Government about trialling Amazon flying Amazon Prime Air service in the UK, Transport minister Robert Goodwill  has confirmed.
article_snippet: One of Amazon prototype delivery drones is pictured .
article_snippet: I had some people from Amazon coming to see me the other day; some people from Amazon want to replace van deliveries with drone deliveries, and some people from Amazon can’t do any trials in the US because some people from Amazon’re over-regulated,’ he said.
article_snippet: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US last week approved Amazon’s plan to begin testing drones for online deliveries, though the e-commerce firm first made the request in July last year.
article_snippet: But in the time it took to approve the use of it first-generation drone,  Amazon has developed a new version, which makes the ruling 'obsolete'.
article_snippet: The project, called Amazon Prime Air, was first revealed in a YouTube video in late 2013.
article_snippet: Amazon is developing drones that can fly at speeds of 50 miles per hour (80 kph), operate autonomously and sense and avoid objects.
article_snippet: Amazon’s Paul Misener wrote in a letter to the FAA in December:
article_snippet: Amazon is developing aerial vehicles as part of Amazon Prime Air.
article_snippet: Amazon believe customers will love Amazon, and Amazon are committed to making Amazon Prime Air available to customers worldwide as soon as Amazon are permitted to do so,' Amazon has said.
article_snippet: This remains a stumbling block for Amazon and other companies as This means Amazon and other companies would only be able to deliver items within 1,600ft (488m) of Amazon and other companies
highlights_snippet: Amazon Prime Air was first unveiled in 2013 with the idea that parcels could be delivered to remote areas by drones reaching 50mph (80km/h) 