Singapore could use drones to deliver drugs for security reasons – Tech News

Drones could be used across Singapore's high-tech to provide vital medical supplies to a patient in an emergency or to respond to a security breach under a new system under development, a consortium announced private on July 24th. Future Flight Consortium, a group of 13 members, said it was chosen by the country's Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Transportation to develop the drone program

. The small town of Singapore, with a population of 5.6 million, is ultramodern, well-ordered and tightly regulated – factors that seem to improve the chances of working the system.

Drones would be operated remotely by pilots in an operations center and would be able to travel relatively long distances across the city-state.

This contrasts with their recreational counterparts – whose use is allowed in Singapore – who can only travel short distances and are still visible to their operators.

The consortium said it would generate flight paths for drones, and develop a private communications network as well as take-off and landing sites.

"Our goal is to enable any company that needs to drive drones (beyond the visual sight of pilots) in Singapore to do so safely and efficiently," said Ong Jiin Joo, director of Future Flight project.

The consortium gave a two-year timeline for the development of the system and committed to rigorous security testing

The Singapore Civil Defense Force – which manages the city's emergency services – and Garuda Robotics They said that they were in talks to use drones in force operations, especially to deliver "vital supplies".

A hospital operator of the consortium said that he planned to use drones to transport blood samples and samples between his hospitals. central laboratory, while a security firm said that it will use the devices to respond to security incidents and fire alarms. – AFP Relaxnews