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Bell Brings Autonomous Cargo UAV To Air Medical Show
Bell pursues the medical market for its Autonomous Pod Transport cargo drone.
Bell Autonomous Pod Transport drone
Bells sees potential medical applications for its Autonomous Pod Transport drone. (Photo: Bell)

Bell has brought its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) eVTOL this week to the 2022 Air Medical Transport Conference in Tampa, Florida. The company has been flying the aircraft for several years and aims for a production version that will deliver 100 pounds, 100 miles, at 100 knots per hour, said Bell executive Lane Evans. 

Evans said the APT to date has shown its ability to perform depot-to-deport missions that would lend itself to the delivery of medical supplies. The aircraft has the ability to be manually off-loaded and can automatically drop loads at a fixed point and depart or overfly and airdrop. “It will do all of those calculations, but primarily right now it is going to supply.” 

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