A partnership between Pierce Aerospace and Redwing Labs aims to expand BVLOS operations for commercial healthcare deliveries. The agreement combines Pierce’s drone remote identification capability
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Category: Medical/pharmaceutical transport
Everdrone completes first autonomous drone delivery between hospitals in Sweden
Swedish software and drone service developer, Everdrone, has completed its first fully autonomous deliveries between two hospitals in central Gothenburg, the company announced in a
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“First medical drone deliveries take place in India”
Numerous press reports say that the first successful delivery of a single unit of blood from a remote primary health centre in India has taken
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South Africa to trial blood deliveries by drone
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is planning to launch a nationwide blood delivery service by drone. As part of the proof of concept,
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Skyports and partners launch medical drone delivery service in Turnhout
AZ Turnhout hospital, the City of Turnhout and drone service provider Skyports will jointly test a new logistics service during which medical products will be
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Drone medical supply company Zipline “valued at USD1.2 billion”
Drone delivery company Zipline has been valued at USD1.2 billion, according to broadcast and media company CNBC. “Zipline, which ranked No. 39 on the 2019 CNBC
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India’s Redwing Aerospace drones help deliver polio vaccines in Papua New Guinea
Bengaluru-based Redwing Aerospace reports its drones have been used in a successful programme to deliver vaccines in polio-afflicted Papua New Guinea. According to Your Story
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Medical, aviation world “first” – transplant kidney delivered by drone
GE reports that a medical and aviation breakthrough took place in the Baltimore skies last week “when the world’s first human organ for transplant was
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Rigi Technologies “plans drone-based medical delivery service in Mallorca”
According to UH News, Switzerland’s Rigi Technologies is planning to launch a drone-based medical supply system centred in the Son Espases hospital in the Balearic
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Zipline starts 30-drone medical delivery service in Ghana
On 24 April 2019, Zipline launched a medical supply delivery programme in Ghana. The company has already undertaken similar projects in Rwanda and Tanzania,- according to
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