The much-awaited trials of delivering medicines and vaccines using drones are set to begin from Thursday under the Telangana government's ambitious 'Medicine From The Sky' project, according to a statement released on Wednesday. The trial flights will be conducted from September 9 to October 10 at Vikarabad (Hyderabad), and a majority of them will be by tech start-up Skye Air Mobility, said the statement.
This will make Telangana the first state in the country to start trials of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, it said.
BVLOS drone flights are those that go beyond 500-700 meters from the eye's vision or beyond the visual line of sight. Skye Air is part of a consortium for the project. It has joined hands with BlueDart Express to provide drone based-delivery and drone flights to conduct these trials. Skye Air focuses on an end-to-end ecosystem for drone-based logistics transportation.
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This will make Telangana the first state in the country to start trials of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, it said.
BVLOS drone flights are those that go beyond 500-700 meters from the eye's vision or beyond the visual line of sight. Skye Air is part of a consortium for the project. It has joined hands with BlueDart Express to provide drone based-delivery and drone flights to conduct these trials. Skye Air focuses on an end-to-end ecosystem for drone-based logistics transportation.
Continue reading: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/trial-run-of-delivering-medicines-vaccines-by-drones-to-begin-in-telangana-from-thursday/articleshow/86037413.cms
