SpiceJet plans to introduce drone delivery service for vaccines, essential goodsThe airline's initial outreach plan for its drone business encompasses 10 districts with over 150 locations with an aim to achieve over 25,...
11 Dec, 2021, 10.32 PM IST
Pak using drones to drop explosives, Indian drones meant to serve humanity: Union minister Jitendra SinghThe indigenously built medium-class multicopter unmanned ariel vehicle (UAV) took off from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicin...
27 Nov, 2021, 06.35 PM IST
NAL's drone delivers COVID-19 vaccine in remote Karnataka villageThe Octacopter successfully delivered 50 vials of Covid-19 vaccines along with syringes in a special container from Chandapura PHC to Harag...
13 Nov, 2021, 01.47 PM IST
Skye Air, DroneAcharya, Flipkart consortium to start drone-based delivery of vaccines in TelanganaFlipkart, the e-commerce giant, has partnered with the Telangana government to enable the drone deployment for the delivery of medical supp...
30 Sep, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Swiggy, ANRA get approval to start drone trials for food deliveryOver the next several weeks, the flight team will conduct drone trials for food delivery in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah and Punjab’s Rupnagar dist...
16 Jun, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
Expect pizza delivery by drones soon as India allows experimental flightsAs part of its drone policy, India had allowed drone operations in all areas barring some red zones – areas closer to airports, internation...
05 May, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
Vaccine delivery via drones still a distant dreamThis because there is as yet no legislation that permits long-range drone flights in the country, according to senior government officials
03 May, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
SpiceXpress receives DGCA approval for drone trialsPost trials and approvals, the airline plans to use drones in delivery of essential supplies to remote areas, the company said in a release.
29 May, 2020, 12.54 PM IST
13 consortia get aviation ministry approval to operate dronesThe move paves the way for these consortia, which include ones floated by budget airline SpiceJet, Nandan Nilekani-backed ShopX, Google-bac...
07 May, 2020, 08.20 AM IST
DGCA picks five consortiums to take its drone plan airborneThe move is part of DGCA's beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone experiments.
22 Jan, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Experiments to study operation of commercial BVLOS drones to take place in Jan: Aviation MinisterThe minister also said the Centre will start registering drones - BVLOS and others - within a few weeks time.
06 Jan, 2020, 02.59 PM IST
20 Questions for 2020: Drone delivery gets Government nod?There are several issues under the scanner — safety, security, privacy, a separate drone corridor, droneports, and maybe a special director...
30 Dec, 2019, 09.05 AM IST
Test flights from February near Bengaluru: Dunzo, Throttle get nod to test long-range dronesThe approvals are a part of DGCA programme, called beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations.
19 Dec, 2019, 08.36 AM IST
Post govt nod, SpiceXpress drones moving to the runwayCatering to fast-growing e-commerce sectors, SpiceXpress, the cargo division of SpiceJet has partnered with Throttle Aerospace Systems to u...
21 Oct, 2019, 09.07 AM IST
Government of India’s policy on delivery drones taking wingDGCA has taken significant steps in firming out govt’s policy on allowing drones for commercial purposes.
08 Oct, 2019, 06.21 PM IST
Tatas may soon join queue for drone clearance from DGCASeveral players have already applied to conduct such experiments, and more are expected as the DGCA recently extended the deadline to July ...
26 Jun, 2019, 08.25 AM IST
Zomato successfully tests food delivery via droneThe food aggregator did not reveal the exact location where the drone delivered the package.
12 Jun, 2019, 09.09 PM IST