Wingcopter partners with Siemens Healthineers

The solution will enable the transport of ‘various laboratory diagnostics materials, as well as other medical supplies, in Africa’. The partnership will combine Siemens Healthineers’ laboratory diagnostics testing capabilities with Wingcopter’s drone delivery services ‘to provide improved diagnostics and faster treatment’ in remote areas.

In a statement, Wingcopter said that its battery-powered drones can cover ‘a range of 75km while maintaining the cold chain at all times’, adding that: “These sustainable and efficient drone delivery networks will allow for the centralization of sample testing and medical consumables distribution, resulting in improved access to diagnosis, faster turnaround time, increased efficiency and reduction in costs.”

“We are convinced that we have found the perfect partner for our bold ambitions to improve and save the lives of millions of people on the African continent and beyond,” said Tom Plümmer, CEO and Co-Founder of Wingcopter. “Partnering with Siemens Healthineers will bring us a big step closer to the goal we are working tirelessly towards: to make a real social impact worldwide for those who need it most through fast, reliable and sustainable drone delivery networks in the sky.”

Wingcopter also announced in March that it will develop a hydrogen-powered drone, in partnership with the ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research.