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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 2 December 2013 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drones; drone; Octocopters; Pilotless drones |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | The Guardian |
| Title | Amazon trialling the use of drones for parcel delivery |
| Dateline | — |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/02/amazon-trialling-the-use-of-drones-for-parcel-delivery |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2013-12-02|the-guardian|amazon-prime-air-octocopters |
| Source grade | B1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — B1]** The Guardian reported Jeff Bezos unveiled Amazon Prime Air on CBS 60 Minutes Sunday: half-hour delivery by a drone landing on a front porch. Octocopters would pick up a yellow box and fly by GPS within a 10-mile radius of a fulfilment centre, dropping in the front yard. Amazon had tested at a Virginia centre. Bezos said the hardest part was showing the FAA it was safe: “four or five years,” hopeful for major U.S. cities in 2015; drones would be “very green.” Australian rules (no densely populated areas; 30 m from buildings and people; pilotless drones banned) were cited as a barrier abroad.

**Kinematic object.** Amazon octocopter delivery drones (Prime Air), tested in Virginia, 10-mile / 30-minute concept

**Coverage frame.** consumer / industry

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original
- Wire reprint status: Guardian original write-up of the 60 Minutes reveal, not an AP dump. First publisher of the reveal is CBS; this is the first Guardian report.
- What was excluded

- URL date 2013/dec/02.
- First publisher of the Bezos interview is 60 Minutes; Guardian is first publisher of this UK/Guardian text.

## LRRK relevance

Passport / Lab. Commercial last-mile UAS concept against FAA and foreign rules.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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