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UPS' advanced tech chief reveals how the pandemic has underscored the case for drone delivery, starting with moving medical supplies
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 4654258" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ups-drone-delivery-health-pandemic-covid-19-ignition-bala-ganesh-2020-10" target="_blank"><strong>UPS' advanced tech chief reveals how the pandemic has underscored the case for drone delivery, starting with moving medical supplies - Business Insider</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The logistics industry has been buzzing about drone delivery for years, but aside from a few high-profile pilot programs and conceptual tests, the tech has failed to materialize as a real-world solution for moving goods.</p><p></p><p>But drones are steadily coming closer to serving a practical use, according to Bala Ganesh, head of the Advanced Technologies Group at UPS.</p><p></p><p>"What we are right now in the process of, as we work through the integration pilot program with the FAA, is turn[ing] the corner to get to a more sustainable operation," Ganesh told Business Insider during an exclusive interview at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKMueU2_8dQ&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">IGNITION: Transportation</a> summit this week. "What we've been in so far has been a test and learn journey."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 4654258, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.businessinsider.com/ups-drone-delivery-health-pandemic-covid-19-ignition-bala-ganesh-2020-10'][B]UPS' advanced tech chief reveals how the pandemic has underscored the case for drone delivery, starting with moving medical supplies - Business Insider[/B][/URL] The logistics industry has been buzzing about drone delivery for years, but aside from a few high-profile pilot programs and conceptual tests, the tech has failed to materialize as a real-world solution for moving goods. But drones are steadily coming closer to serving a practical use, according to Bala Ganesh, head of the Advanced Technologies Group at UPS. "What we are right now in the process of, as we work through the integration pilot program with the FAA, is turn[ing] the corner to get to a more sustainable operation," Ganesh told Business Insider during an exclusive interview at the [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKMueU2_8dQ&feature=youtu.be']IGNITION: Transportation[/URL] summit this week. "What we've been in so far has been a test and learn journey." [/QUOTE]
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