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Drones carrying medicines to the Ngäbe-Buglé region
TVN and Telemetro covered the first flights in Bocas del Toro: an aircraft carries up to 3 kilos of medicines to hard-to-reach communities in the Ngäbe-Buglé region. The project belongs to Panama's Ministry of Health, working with PAHO and the Barça Foundation, and CIELUM developed the drone network.
Nun Jukrä Tä Kwin wins the 2026 MWCapital Awards
“Nun Jukrä Tä Kwin” (“We are all well” in Ngäbere), the drone project that carries medicines and diagnostic tests to communities in the Ngäbe-Buglé region, won the Public Institutions category of Mobile World Capital Barcelona's 2026 MWCapital Awards. It is run by PAHO, Panama's Ministry of Health and the Barça Foundation, and was chosen from 17 finalists, out of 298 projects from more than 60 countries. CIELUM developed the project's aerial network.
Uruguay's first drone delivery network, told by UNICEF
UNICEF's fund describes how CIELUM added a drone delivery module to its UTM system and launched Uruguay's first drone delivery network in Tacuarembó. On the inaugural flight, from Tambores to Tacuarembó, the aircraft carried one litre of donated breast milk to the milk bank.
Finalists for the 2023 PwC Uruguay Innovation Award
The drone delivery project for medical supplies in Tacuarembó was a finalist in the general category of the 2023 PwC Uruguay Innovation Award, presented with the support of ANII, the IDB and the weekly Búsqueda.
Health systems that reach remote communities
UNICEF presented the pilot linking Tacuarembó Hospital with the rural polyclinics of Tambores, Curtina and Ansina: electric aircraft, flown by trained pilots, carrying medicines, blood samples and donated breast milk, with up to 3 kilos of payload and a 100-kilometre range.
Tacuarembó launches medical deliveries by drone
El País reported on the inaugural flight, from Tacuarembó Hospital to the Tambores polyclinic. The hospital's director, Ciro Ferreira, explained how the delivery of medicines, test samples and breast milk works, in coordination with the Faculty of Engineering and CIELUM.
CIELUM at the Paris Air Show
CIELUM presented its U-Space and UTM solutions at the stand of brigkAIR, the air mobility incubator, in the German Pavilion of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. The German magazine Drones Magazin covered the presentation.
CIELUM at World ATM Congress 2022
CIELUM by Dronfies Labs had its own stand at World ATM Congress 2022, the air navigation and air traffic control event held in Madrid, where it presented its drone traffic management work. Airline92 listed Dronfies among the drone technology developers taking part.
UNICEF Innovation Fund: drone management in low-connectivity settings
UNICEF presented the work of CIELUM, then Dronfies Labs, when it joined its innovation fund: a system for sharing real-time data, managing airspace and coordinating drone pilots in low-connectivity settings, designed for emergencies such as search and rescue or floods.
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Drones carry medicines to remote areas of the Ngäbe-Buglé region and Bocas del Toro (in Spanish)
Tacuarembó Hospital: the medical drone reaches three rural polyclinics (in Spanish)
Drones carry breast milk and blood samples in a remote area of Uruguay (in Spanish)