Advisory Board October 6, 2022
Intermountain Healthcare on Tuesday announced the start of a program that will deliver certain medications and products to consumers via drone as part of its partnership with drone delivery company Zipline.
Details on the program
Zipline’s drones are fixed-wing aircraft that are six feet long with an 11-foot wingspan and weigh about 40 pounds. The drones can transport packages up to four pounds while traveling 70 mph.
The drones fly on their own, however current regulation from FAA require a human to monitor the drone’s entire flight. The drones also have redundant flight systems built in that can be manually overridden if necessary.
According to Intermountain, the drone delivery program will initially only be available to Intermountain patients in the...
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