Dunzo, Skye Air to begin drone vax trials from Sept 20
THE drone trials for the 'Medicine from Sky Telangana' initiative conducted in real-time with the delivery of real vaccines and medicines will begin on September 20 in Vikarabad near here.
Skye Air to showcase drones at Dubai Air Show (Representational Image)
Hyderabad: THE drone trials for the 'Medicine from Sky Telangana' initiative conducted in real-time with the delivery of real vaccines and medicines will begin on September 20 in Vikarabad near here. Skye Air, a drone delivery specialist, which is part of the Dunzo Med Air consortium for government project will work with Dunzo Digital to enable faster and efficient healthcare logistics during the 6-day trial.
The trials shall continue September 25, during which several healthcare logistics related usecases will be demonstrated. The drone delivery tech firm that focuses on an end-to-end ecosystem for drone-based logistics will conduct the exercise.
Dunzo Digital is a hyper-local on demand delivery service company based out of Bengaluru, backed by Google. The company provides faster delivery services in Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
"We believe our participation in the 'Medicine from the Sky' project will facilitate a more connected State and country. This technology will allow for almost instantaneous access to vaccines and medicines from the most populous to most remote areas in India in the near future," said, Kabeer Biswas, CEO and Founder, Dunzo.
Swapnik Jakkampundi, Co-founder, Skye Air said, "We have had a successful Telangana trial run so far. Dunzo Med Air Consortium will have multiple test use cases including BVLOS trials. The drones will deliver up to 12 km within an expected time frame of 18 minutes with each drone carrying vaccines in temperature-controlled boxes powered by Bagmo. We are happy to share the vision of Dunzo towards enabling deliveries via drones."
