Project Eagle
8 November 2021
Project Eagle
To enhance logistics capabilities and make healthcare services more accessible, especially to remote and geographically challenging areas, Pharmaniaga Berhad is exploring the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones for pharmaceutical-grade medical delivery. Through this initiative, we aim to dramatically reduce delivery time and cost as well as increase supply chain efficiencies as drone delivery is estimated to be five times more efficient than conventional delivery methods to deliver medicines to remotely located Government hospitals and clinics. The first phase of this project’s Proof of Concept (POC), code-named Project Eagle, successfully took place recently in Pulau Pangkor, Perak. Approximately 3 kg of medicines were delivered for emergency medical treatment from a jetty in Manjung to Klinik Kesihatan Pangkor. This POC, which involved a distance of 4.2 km, was the first longest-distance drone medical delivery of pharmaceutical products over water in Malaysia, led by a female pilot. Thank you to all parties supporting Project Eagle. We will continue with several more stages at different locations and terrains, including the remote areas in Sabah and Sarawak.
