Amazon's Latest Idea Is A Flying Warehouse That Will Deliver Your Stuff By Drone[VIDEO]

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Amazon latest adventure in the revamp supply-chain model is to introduce a flying warehouse to cater exigencies and cash on the sudden spur in demands.

The flying warehouse typically works as a mobile warehouse carrying goods to multiple locations. Amazon's basic idea is the warehouse docks the drone and these drones, in turn, will deliver the stuff to the consumers within minutes upon triggering the purchase.

Amazon Inc. filed a patent with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently, exclaimed its big ambitions for the future, as reported in The Washington Post

Amazon was awarded a patent for the world's first self-propelled drones. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, on December 14, 2016, Amazon has successfully completed its first commercial drone delivery to the real customers in a rural part of the United Kingdom.

The first drone delivery video, shown below, is purportedly taken by Amazon staff recorded the events from take-off to landing at a customer's lawn in 13 minutes.

The exalted Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted the same day morning "First-ever #AmazonPrimeAir customer delivery is in the books", suggesting a red letter day for Amazon in the history books. The drone program initially announced three years ago but couldn't lift-off in time, leading to speculation of the project being short closed.

The most challenging of the success of this flying warehouse model is how Amazon will cut the cost and save the energy for no payloads. Given the rising fuel costs and complicated logistics involved in the Flying Warehouse concept, it has to be proven economical before its gets fully operationalized.

However, Amazon is optimistic about the flying warehouse concept and that it can reap potential benefits once it is operational. Amazon believes the flying warehouse model actually saves fuel cost of drones to fly back and forth for delivery from the physical warehouse.

Imagine a customer watching a baseball game clicked the button ordering a pizza or a Jersey, the order triggers the drone to pick up the shipment from the nearest flying warehouse and delivers to the customer in few minutes flying down under gravity, gliding through controls.

The revolutionary supply chain model looks promising in theory but the applicability is still under watch.