RigiTech links with Spright in global medical drone delivery project

Swiss UAV medical drone delivery specialist RigiTech has announced a strategic partnership with US UAV healthcare transport company Spright, aiming to extend their mutual activities across Europe and the globe.

RigiTech said the agreement calls for Arizona-based Spright to become the key operating partner of the Swiss medical drone service firm’s Eiger UAVs and operating systems in Europe. After starting out with a limited fleet of six of those craft, Spright will work with RigiTech to expand their aerial healthcare transport offer around the continent and the world beyond.

While Spright has built the base of a robust drone delivery business with medical and healthcare clients in the US, it can rely on RigiTech’s expanding and groundbreaking operations in Europe to hit the ground running.

In March, RigiTech launched regular drone delivery shuttles of medical specimens between analysis labs in France. To do so, the company relies…