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May 08, 2021, 13:50 IST
Telangana’s Medicine from the Sky Program: Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights approved for experimental drone delivery of vaccines
Hyderabad: The ‘Medicine from the Sky’ project was launched by the Hon’ble Minister K.T. Rama Rao during the Indian Economic Summit in late 2019. This initiative of the Government of Telangana is spearheaded by the Emerging Technologies Wing of the ITE&C Department in partnership with the World Economic Forum. The EoI that was released during Wings 2020, to invite participants for this study had received 16 applications, of which 7 would be undertaking flights in the Vikarabad District under this project.
Telangana also gets nod for BVLOS drone flights for vaccine delivery
By IANS| Posted by Sameer | Updated: 8th May 2021 9:26 am IST
Hyderabad: Telangana has secured conditional exemption from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights for delivery of vaccines, an official statement said on Friday.
Exemption from Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 has been granted as part of government’s constant endeavour to enhance the scope of drone usage in the country and assist the nation to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, a Civil Aviation Ministry statement said.
Telangana also gets nod for BVLOS drone flights for vaccine delivery
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Hyderabad, May 7 : Telangana has secured conditional exemption from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights for delivery of vaccines, an official statement said on Friday.
Exemption from Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 has been granted as part of government s constant endeavour to enhance the scope of drone usage in the country and assist the nation to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, a Civil Aviation Ministry statement said.