Drone delivery partners Skyports and Swoop Aero are extending their joint operations through an additional linkup with German pharmaceutical logistics specialist BD Rowa, with aims of integrating autonomous air transport in the supply chain of medication and healthcare supplies.
London-based Skyports and Australia’s Swoop Aero have worked together for months building common drone delivery services for goods internationally, as well as rapid transport of vaccines and medical supplies in response to crisis-level surges of COVID-19 in the UK. In broadening that latter activity to involve BD Rowa, the partners seek to offer automated technology and services for pharmaceutical and healthcare sector companies to at once increase speed and flow of distribution, enhance the value of goods and services involved, and cut operating costs compared to existing transport options.
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