SoftBank and Aeronext have signed a business partnership agreement to build a phase-free drone logistics platform. The two companies will jointly develop a drone navigation management system that utilizes AI to enable simultaneous remote automated control.

In recent years, there has been a growing need for drone-based logistics, such as the transportation of emergency supplies during disasters.

Aeronext is promoting new smart logistics, a new logistics infrastructure that solves regional issues, in multiple regions across Japan. For example, following the Noto Peninsula earthquake, medical supplies were delivered by drone to isolated areas affected by the disaster.

To address the challenges faced during this time, the company developed the “SkyHub Emergency Package,” a logistics platform that improves the convenience of local residents and the sustainability of regional logistics during normal times, while protecting residents’ lives during disasters. The company is proposing “phase-free disaster logistics measures” to local governments and is currently working on specific plans.

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