APDC, Airbound sign MoU for drone delivery network across Amaravati, Vijayawada, Guntur

Andhra Pradesh Drone Corporation and Bengaluru-based Airbound will build a scalable drone delivery network, starting in Guntur and targeting 10,000 daily flights within 12 months. With 1.5 kg payloads and claimed 20x lower cost, the rollout could become a last-mile logistics template for Indian retail.

— Filed Thu, 25 Jun, 2026, 13:24 IST · Source BL · Consumer & Economy · Updated

APDC and Bengaluru-based Airbound signed an MoU to build a scalable drone delivery network across Amaravati, Vijayawada and Guntur, starting in Guntur, targeting 10,000 daily flights within a year — a potential last-mile logistics template for Indian retail.

Why this matters

Builds on Airbound's stated ambition to replace trucks with drones across Andhra Pradesh, formalizing the 10,000-flights/day target first floated in earlier signals into a state-backed MoU.

Omni-channel activity steady at 426 signals in the last 90 days.