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Gurugram-based startup TechEagle told media that its drone has successfully delivered a mail-in to Gujarat as part of a pilot project in partnership with India Post, which could pave the way for mail delivery by drone flights in the future.
The first such drone flight delivered the package in the Kutch region of Gujarat in less than half an hour, covering a distance of 46 km, at a speed five times faster than land transport, the TechEagle told media.
TechEagle, a deep-tech drone technology startup, had launched the fastest hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) 100 km range drone 'VertiplaneX3', with a payload of 3 kg and a top speed of 120 km per hour, previous month.
It can take off and land vertically like a helicopter from a small area of 5m x 5m.
The company showed VertiplaneX3 at the recently concluded Drone Mahotsav in New Delhi.
The pilot project aimed to test the operational and technical feasibility of drone deliveries in the area, along with commercial scalability, TechEagle said.
With the success of this pilot project, it will be possible to do mail delivery by drone in the future.
TechEagle founder CEO Vikram Singh Meena told media that the TechEagle's VertiplaneX3 delivered India Post mail from Habay village in Bhuj taluka to Ner village in Bhachau taluka district in Kutch district in Gujarat on May 27.
It was quite impressive for the drone delivery revolution in the country, as it was the longest single-flight drone delivery, and that too in harsh weather conditions with winds exceeding 30 km/h, he said.
Co-founder-COO at TechEagle, Anshu Abhishek, told media that TechEagle is proud to partner with India Post, the most widely distributed postal service in the world, to deliver parcels to remote and rural areas.
This project was aimed at facilitating faster deliveries across the country, whether in urban cities or a rural village, he said.
