TechEagle delivers medicine via Hybrid e-VTOL Drone in Meghalaya
The company’s state-of-the-art drone delivery technology?ensures consistent, safe?and reliable distribution of?life-saving?drugs?in several parts of the state?with the?reverse logistics of samples for quick diagnosis.
TechEagle – a Gurugram based DeepTech start-up drone that is building Drone logistic Airline has partnered with Govt. of Meghalaya and Smart Village Movement (SVM) for India’s first hybrid e-VTOL Drone delivery of lifesaving medicines. The collaboration is aimed at transforming the healthcare supply chain for the hard-to-reach population. With this TechEagle becomes India’s first drone company to deliver medicines via Hybrid e-VTOL Drone.
Hybrid e-VTOLs are Vertical Take-Off and Landing Vehicles that take off vertically like a helicopter and transform themselves into fixed-wing mode (like passenger aircraft) for travelling longer distances with higher speed, and when they reach the delivery locations, transforms back to helicopter mode to land accurately which makes it efficient to use in diverse terrains.
The doctor at Nongstoin district hospital gave the medicine box to TechEagle team to load inside the Drone. Upon successful loading of the medicine into the drone bay, TechEagle’s e-VTOL Drone AquilaX2 took off from Nongstoin District Hospital vertically like a helicopter and converted automatically into fixed-wing mode upon reaching the mission height. Drone cruised complete aerial distance of 25km at 90kmph speed to reach Maweit PHC. As soon as it reached the landing point at Maweit PHC, converted itself back to rotary-wing mode to land vertically like a helicopter. TechEagle team unloaded the package and handed over the medicine box to doctor at Maweit PHC.
TechEagle’s e-VTOL Aquila X2 delivered the lifesaving drugs successfully to a 25km distance in less than 25 minutes. Drones have the potential to improve the lives of 18,50,000 citizens of Meghalaya.
India's first medicine delivery with the TechEagle’s made in India Hybrid e-VTOL in Meghalaya
The company’s state-of-the-art drone delivery technology ensures consistent, safe and reliable distribution of life-saving drugs (medicines, vaccines, blood and other medical essentials) in several parts of the state with the reverse logistics of samples for quick diagnosis.
Conard K Sangma, chief minister, Meghalaya said, “I would like to congratulate the entire team of TechEagle, Smart village movement and the health department who made this very unique and one of a kind project a success. We all know what great technology can do but to be able to use it for the benefit of the citizens of the state, something which is so meaningful to the people. Here the technology has been used for a very good cause. We look forward to use the technology in the long run. Today we have used it for healthcare and in the future, we hopefully will be able to use this in agriculture and other allied sectors.”
Vikram Singh Meena, Founder and CEO of TechEagle said, “Aerial routes are the best possible way to access hard-to-reach places in hilly terrains of the northeast. Today, we are proud of the fact that TechEagle’s made-in-India Hybrid e-VTOL is solving grassroot problems faced by citizens living in remote areas. We have reduced delivery time from 4 hours to 25 minutes. e-VTOL drone technology is going to leave a huge impact to enable better healthcare in the remotest parts of the world.”
Tulenam Laloo, Project Lead, - Healthcare at Smart Village Movement, Berkely Haas, said, “The use of drone-based deliveries in healthcare is a promising means to augment supply chain management and support last-mile access. Meghalaya and other North-Eastern states would immensely benefit from its application, considering the unique terrain. The use case to be studied through TechEagle’s trial at West Khasi Hills District shall be something that we shall look forward to”
