Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Wingcopter Strikes Deal for Medical Delivery Drones
German drone maker Wingcopter will provide a fleet of its tiltrotor Wingcopter 198s to the Spright unit of Air Methods.

German drone maker Wingcopter will provide a fleet of its tiltrotor Wingcopter 198s to the Spright unit of Air Methods. Spright was launched in July 2020 to offer a drone-based, healthcare-specific delivery network in the U.S., leveraging Air Methods’ 300 air ambulance bases. Under the deal, Wingcopter will become Spright’s exclusive provider of fixed-wing eVTOL cargo drones in the U.S., while Spright becomes the exclusive provider of MRO services for the Wingcopter 198 to third parties in the U.S. Air Methods has a long history of MRO activity through its United Rotorcraft unit. Wingcopter values the contract at more than $16 million. 


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