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TechEagle delivers lifesaving medicines using hybrid drone in Meghalaya

The collaboration with the state govt is aimed at transforming the healthcare supply chain for hard-to-reach population

TechEagle delivers lifesaving medicines using hybrid drone in Meghalaya
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Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
TechEagle, a Gurugram-based deeptech start-up building drone logistic services, said it has partnered with the Government of Meghalaya and Smart Village Movement (SVM) to carry out India’s first hybrid e-VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drone delivery of lifesaving medicines. The collaboration is aimed at transforming the healthcare supply chain for hard-to-reach population.

A 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 (like passenger aircraft) mode upon reaching the mission height. The