Worldwide, more than 300 million people need humanitarian assistance, according to OCHA, a UN agency. Transport networks are of the essence, which is why OECD, an international organisation, appreciates the Wings For Aid concept:
“The Wings For Aid project offers a transport solution that is autonomous and green but effective when resiliency fails and disaster-stricken communities find themselves in greatest need of essential supplies and without access to the transport networks.”
Despite relentless efforts of humanitarian actors, an estimated 20 million people remain out of reach. This is one of the reasons why the International Committee of the Red Cross follows UAS developments closely:
“The deployment of UAV’s in humanitarian cargo logistics is still a novelty, but we are convinced that in future there will be many important small- and even large-scale applications.”
ICRC Flight Operations
