Jeonnam Province Selected for Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 'Drone Delivery Pilot Operation' Contest

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 28th that it has been finally selected as a leading local government in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's contest for the ‘Expansion and Pilot Operation of Regionally Customized Address-Based Drone Delivery Points.’

Jeonnam Province began the ‘Road Name Address-Based Drone Delivery Point Model Development Project’ in 2018 and invested 90 million KRW last year in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s ‘Drone Operation Project.’ Through test flights between delivery points, they investigated radio interference and obstacles occurring during drone flights and determined the ‘Drone Delivery Sky Route’ through autonomous flight tests.

With this contest selection, the province secured an additional 120 million KRW in national funding and plans to pilot drone delivery in island areas within the province starting next year by expanding delivery points necessary for drone operations in Wando County.

In particular, systematic drone test flights will be conducted by December targeting 32 drone delivery points installed last year in areas such as the non-operating regular passenger ship zones in Hoeng and Boseong Counties and island and remote areas where logistics delivery took more than 3 to 4 hours.

Additionally, through a research project on revising laws related to the establishment of ‘Drone Delivery Sky Route’ infrastructure, measures to simplify procedures for service expansion will also be prepared.

Jeong Aesook, Director of the Land Management Division of Jeollanam-do, said, “We will actively take the lead in expanding and establishing the drone delivery sky route,” adding, “We will actively spearhead the commercialization of drone goods delivery, which has emerged as a core of the 4th Industrial Revolution.”

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