Agriculture
December 7, 2023
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·Created on October 8, 2018
Unmanned cargo aircraft prototype to bring humanitarian aid to remote areas
Unmanned cargo aircraft prototype to bring humanitarian aid to remote areas. It can be used for disaster relief, but also for the scheduled delivery of medicines.
Target SDGs
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Target Users (Target Impact Group)
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Public Sector Agencies, NGOs
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
Technology: ESA incubates AvioniCS and Selfly. Industrial design: VanBerlo Last mile in medicine distribution: i+solutions Academia: technical universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Twente Practitioners from the Red Cross movement. Application scenarios: humanitarian aid organisations, Dutch Ministry of Defence Advisor: Price Waterhouse Coopers
Competitive Landscape
Direct competitors include Matternet M2, Vayu Drones, and Zipline.
Manufacturing/Building Method
Unknown - Waiting for answer from manufacturer
Intellectural Property Type
Copyright
User Provision Model
Unknown - Waiting for answer from manufacturer
Distributions to Date Status
Prototype stage. Operations starting 2019.
Drone type
Fixed Wing Drone, Aeroplane-like
Weight (kg)
100
Take off / Landing type
Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL)
Carry case dimensions (m)
Unknown
GNSS system
Unknown
Flight time (hour)
Unknown
Cruise speed (km per hour)
Unknown
Battery type
Unknown
Sensors available (Y/N)
Unknown
Type of data collected
N/A
Drone software platform
Unknown
Application
Humanitarian delivery
Design Specifications
Payload: 100 kg Range: 200 km Sense-and-avoid systems Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL)
Technical Support
N/A
Replacement Components
N/A
Lifecycle
Unknown
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
N/A
Vetted Performance Status
N/A
Safety
Unknown
Complementary Technical Systems
Sense-and-avoid systems on board
Academic Research and References
Haidari, L. A., Brown, S. T., Ferguson, M., Bancroft, E., Spiker, M., Wilcox, A., … & Lee, B. Y. (2016). The economic and operational value of using drones to transport vaccines. Vaccine, 34(34), 4062-4067.
Dauer, J. C., Lorenz, S., & Dittrich, J. S. (2016). Automated Low Altitude Air Delivery. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt-Lilienthal-Oberth eV.
WÜRBEL, H. Framework for the evaluation of cost-effectiveness of drone use for the last-mile delivery of vaccines.
Henshaw, M., & van Barneveld, J. (2016). CPS for community security and safety. European Parliament.
Collins, M. P. (2017). THE FUTURE MARKET FOR LARGE UNMANNED CARGO AIRCRAFT IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (Doctoral dissertation, Lewis University).
Magazine About, “Unmanned aid for humans“, 2018
Compliance with regulations
Unknown - Waiting for answer from manufacturer
Evaluation methods
Unknown - Waiting for answer from manufacturer
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