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Amazon Targets West Dallas for First of 22 Planned Texas ‘Drone Paddocks’
by Quincy Preston | Apr 23, 2026
CRE platform BLDUP reported the $25 million West Dallas filing on April 17. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy calls Prime Air's drone delivery effort "a multi-year invention cycle," with test flights from the new paddock possible as early as August.
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