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RigiTech first to begin daily BVLOS drone deliveries in France

Drone deliv­ery com­pe­ti­tion is heat­ing up in Europe as the promise of BVLOS flights across the EU draws ever clos­er and one man­u­fac­tur­er who has placed a mark­er down is Swiss-based Rig­itech, reports a press release.

The com­pa­ny has achieved the acco­lade of becom­ing the first oper­a­tor to be giv­en Beyond Visu­al Line of Sight (BVLOS) in France. Start­ing with its first approved route link­ing Bour­goin-Jal­lieu to Tig­nieu-Jameyzieu, Rig­iTech has begun dai­ly flights between two lab­o­ra­to­ries, using its long-range drone, the Eiger. The labs are part of France’s largest lab­o­ra­to­ry group, Biogroup.

The release states, “Specif­i­cal­ly designed to ensure cold-chain trans­porta­tion of blood and bio­log­i­cal sam­ples, RigiTech’s Eiger drone has a large pay­load bay that allows for effi­cient, long-dis­tance flights, mak­ing the most of this sus­tain­able deliv­ery solu­tion,” It con­tin­ues, “This new­ly imple­ment­ed tech­nol­o­gy can car­ry a pay­load of up to 3 kg, and med­ical box­es with up to 150 pre-con­di­tioned blood vials.”

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David Rovi­ra, Chief Busi­ness Offi­cer and co-Founder of Rig­iTech, com­ment­ed, “We are extreme­ly proud to announce we’ve achieved a major mile­stone in France, as the first drone deliv­ery com­pa­ny able to start a dai­ly BVLOS deliv­ery ser­vice. The future of med­ical logis­tics is here and we’re lead­ing the way.”

The two French lab­o­ra­to­ries are locat­ed 26 km apart and the Eiger drone takes just 15 min­utes flight time, reduc­ing deliv­ery by 50 per­cent, as this route usu­al­ly takes 30 min­utes or more by car. This inno­va­tion enables faster diag­no­sis, result­ing in rapid access of treat­ment to patients.

David Rovi­ra

Rig­iTech is pio­neer­ing oth­er aer­i­al logis­tics net­works across Europe. Last Octo­ber, the com­pa­ny per­formed drone deliv­er­ies across Lake Gene­va between two oth­er lab­o­ra­to­ries. The jour­ney took just 10 min­utes. Road trans­porta­tion requires dri­ving around the lake and can take up to 90 min­utes.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://rigi.tech

(Images: Rig­itech)

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