# TRT at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India: deployment

Canonical ID: `8d460130-804d-441a-b5c6-15862ab2c8e1`

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)

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-07-15_

- **Slug:** trt-narayana-health-bengaluru
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [TRT](/models/trt.md) (id: `e7bb5875-d8eb-4b5f-ad14-b3865af604f6`)
- **Company:** [Airbound](/companies/airbound.md) (id: `15a89dbf-dcc8-40c8-b3e5-d3ee4ebc0ecf`)
- **Location:** [Bengaluru, Karnataka, India](/locations/bengaluru-karnataka-india.md) (id: `89e4bb7f-db4b-49a5-b907-1c6b02c6f61e`)
- **First seen:** 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Tesla-Backed Startup Aims for 1-Cent Drone Deliveries** · https://www.flyingmag.com/tesla-backed-airbound-1-cent-drone-delivery/ · 2025-10-14
2. **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

## 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.


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