Drone Delivery

State governments, as well as e-commerce players, are taking initiatives to launch healthcare services through drones into remote areas

Gurugram-based startup TechEagle said its drone has successfully delivered a mail in Gujarat under a pilot project in collaboration with India Post

The government has said that wants to make India a global drone hub by 2030. Promoting the drone-as-a-service model is one of the ways to achieve this target. Let us know more about it

On the first day of the trials at Noida, six flights were operated for sample collection, the drone delivery services provider said in a statement

The test-flight was focused on delivering critical lifesaving medicines to hospitals in under 10 minutes, maintaining the cold chain and all the norms

The collaboration with the state govt is aimed at transforming the healthcare supply chain for hard-to-reach population

Says rules can create 500,000 jobs in five years, will open up opportunities for indigenous manufacturing of delivery drones and drone taxis to make India future ready

India has fewer start-ups in the drone technology space than the US and China; it also lags most other economies in funding

DGCA is set to start trial of beyond visual sight operation by drone next week

Walmart-backed Flipkart will utilise learnings from its tech-enabled supply chain to deploy drones and enable deliveries of medical supplies.

Delivery is being done in collaboration with the Government of Telangana, NITI Aayog and World Economic Forum

The impetus will be on enabling emergency medical deliveries which could include Covid-19 vaccines under the "Medicine from the Sky Project"

Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, said Monday that it plans to eventually expand to general merchandise

Chief Executive Dave Lewis said the pilot would take place in Ireland, where partner Manna already has a license to operate

To promote indigenous manufacturing for agriculture, health care, and infrastructure

With a population of 4.4 million, New Zealand last year became one of the world's first countries to clear commercial drone deliveries