{"id":5356,"date":"2024-10-02T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=5356"},"modified":"2024-10-02T13:42:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:42:20","slug":"bangladesh-to-manufacture-commercial-drones-locally-for-the-first-time-with-plans-for-export","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=5356","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh to Manufacture Commercial Drones Locally for the First Time, with Plans for Export"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time, Bangladesh will produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, intended for both commercial use and export. The initiative is led by Sky Biz Limited, a Bangladeshi company, which will carry out manufacturing in the BEPZA economic zone in Mirsarai, Chattogram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The venture marks Bangladesh&#8217;s initial foray into the UAV manufacturing industry with an investment slated at approximately $46 million. Sky Biz Limited plans to roll out 10 different drone models, with production of the first two models expected to begin by January next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These drones will cater to various service sectors including firefighting, cinematography, mapping, surveillance, and agricultural applications such as pesticide spraying. The company projects an annual export value of around $169 million once the factory is fully operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sky Biz Limited, under the leadership of Managing Director Jasim Ahmed, aims to showcase the potential of locally produced high-tech drones on the international market, with a significant portion of the components currently being imported. The company also plans to gradually transition to local production of these components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pioneering project not only positions Bangladesh in the global UAV market but also reflects the country&#8217;s growing capabilities in high-tech manufacturing and export-oriented industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, Bangladesh will produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, intended for both commercial use and export. The initiative is led by Sky Biz Limited, a Bangladeshi company, which will carry out manufacturing in the BEPZA economic zone in Mirsarai, Chattogram. The venture marks Bangladesh&#8217;s initial foray into the UAV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5365,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5356\/revisions\/5365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}