What we built
A hangar network that closes the autonomy gap.
The hard problem in drone logistics isn't the drone — it's the gap between drone batteries. Airvein solves it with infrastructure: a network of autonomous hangars spaced every 10 to 15 kilometers. Drones fly between them, recharge or hot-swap, and continue. The cargo never stops moving.
“Everyone talks about drone advantages but forgets that a typical drone flies twenty-something minutes, then needs a human. Thanks to hangars we solved this — building a network of hangars every 10 to 15 km, drones fly continuously between them.”— Vadym Melnyk, May 2018
Cargo profile
- Blood
- Blood components
- Blood samples for laboratory analysis
- Medications
- Sera
Technical scope
- All-weather, 24/7 cargo drone capability
- Ground infrastructure (drone hangars / charging hubs)
- Hybrid navigation stack
- Cargo module maintaining transport parameters (temperature, vibration)
Consortium
- Dronehub (Poland) — Lead
- Pentacomp Systemy Informatyczne S.A. (Poland)
Strategic context
Airvein is Dronehub's proof of dual-use logistics IP. The hangar-network architecture and cargo handling stack transfer directly to defense resupply, border logistics, and emergency medical operations in disaster zones — the same infrastructure pattern, different payloads.