Deployment
TRT at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Blended-wing-body (BWB) tail-sitter delivery drone with just two propellers for vertical takeoff and landing. Gross weight ~1.5 kg with up to 1 kg payload, ~40 km range, ~60 km/h cruise speed, and 60 dB noise. Powered by lithium-ion batteries with a proprietary carbon fiber frame reducing airframe weight to 400 grams.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/trt-narayana-health-bengaluru.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/8d460130-804d-441a-b5c6-15862ab2c8e1
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
3-month pilot program with Narayana Health delivering medical tests, blood samples, and critical supplies. Target of 10 deliveries per day to validate proof-of-concept for broader logistics applications.
Key facts
- Operator
- Airbound
- Customer
- Narayana Health
- Fleet size
- Small fleet (pilot phase)
Safety record
No incidents on record for TRT at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Unverifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15
- Model
- TRT
- Company
- Airbound
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Status
- pilot
- First seen
- 2025-10-14
- ID
8d460130-804d-441a-b5c6-15862ab2c8e1
Timeline
- Oct 2025First recordedTRT first documented operating at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
- Jul 2026Current status: pilotLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
TRT operates in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
- Tesla-Backed Startup Aims for 1-Cent Drone Deliveries · https://www.flyingmag.com/tesla-backed-airbound-1-cent-drone-delivery/ · 2025-10-14
- India's Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries · https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/indias-airbound-led-by-20-year-old-bags-8-65m-to-work-toward-one-cent-drone-deliveries-at-scale/ · 2025-10-14
Methodology: Unreviewed · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for TRT at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.Common questions
- What is the TRT deployment at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India?
- TRT, built by Airbound, is recorded as a deployment at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India on the DEPLOY registry. Airbound operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates TRT at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India?
- Airbound, the manufacturer of TRT, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the TRT deployment at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting October 14, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the TRT deployment at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
Deploy Watch
Track this deployment.
We notify you when status changes against primary-source evidence, contract events surface, or a related incident is filed.