Swoop Aero
Swoop Aero is a drone delivery company, with headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.[1][2] The company is involved in transportation of medical supplies to remote and rural areas.[3][4][5] Swoop Aero currently operates in Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mozambique.[2][6][5][7]
History[edit]
Swoop Aero was founded in 2017 by Eric Peck and Joshua Tepper, in Melbourne.[1][8]
The company uses the Kookaburra aircraft.[1]
The company has conducted medical drone delivery with the UN, UKAid and USAID, and the governments of Vanuatu and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[9][2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Melbourne start-up Swoop Aero wins first contract to deliver vaccines via drones". Australian Financial Review. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Child given world's first drone-delivered vaccine in Vanuatu - UNICEF". unicef.org. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ↑ Roose, Kevin (2018-12-21). "The 2018 Good Tech Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ "A two-day walk for vaccines is now just 20 minutes away with drone delivery in remote Vanuatu". ABC News. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thorne, James (2019-08-08). "Drones swoop into the Congo to strengthen the country's vaccine supply chain". GeekWire. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ "Innovating the Supply Chain to Reach Patients in Remote Areas". suasnews.com. 6 January 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Five Innovators Share 2019 AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award | Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International".
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Team Delivering Vaccines to Vanuatu". dronelife.com. 24 December 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Swoop Aero remotely piloting drones with critical medical supplies for African villages". zdnet.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
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