– Beginning commercialization of pizza drone delivery at Sejong Lake Park from August 8st –
□ The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced that it would start commercializing pizza drone delivery* in Sejong City from August 8 through collaboration with domestic drone company 'Pe Square' and global pizza chain 'Domino's Pizza'.
* (Drone delivery) '21.8.21~10.31, Saturdays and Sundays (13:00~18:00) 2-3 times per hour
ㅇ This commercial launch is an opportunity to change the transportation paradigm by early realizing the Korean version of the New Deal to respond to the post-coronavirus, creating new jobs and providing future mobility services in real life.
□ The commercialized section of drone delivery runs from Domino's Pizza Sejong Boram Branch to Sejong Lake Park.
ㅇ In consideration of the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, we plan to guide on-site guidance so that citizens who visit Sejong Lake Park can use the app naturally to use drone delivery, and announce the start of commercialization through online real-time broadcasting.
□ Consumers who want to deliver pizza by drone delivery use the official delivery app (Domino Pizza) near Sejong Lake Park to place an order (Saturday and Sunday 13:00~18:00), check,
ㅇ When receiving a delivered pizza, input the password generated when ordering and then receive it to prevent theft or loss.
□ In the meantime, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has been working on 「Drone Special Liberalization Zone (designated 33 areas, February 21.2)」 and 「Drone Regulation Sandbox Project (13 companies, May 21.5)」 to foster the domestic drone industry. , has been concentrating on developing and demonstrating services using drones in various fields, such as designating 「Drone Demonstration Cities (10 cities, May 21.5)」,
ㅇ In particular, systematic support is being provided such as institutional easing, financial support, and supply-demand matching to strengthen international competitiveness of drones developed with domestic technology and to create new services.
ㅇ Psquare, which successfully commercialized pizza delivery this time, was also selected for the 「Drone Regulation Sandbox Project」 and received government funding (2.48 billion won), resulting in many years of securing drone delivery technology.
□ In addition, the precision satellite navigation technology used for this drone delivery is a real-time GPS correction system (MBC-RTK) developed by MBC over 5 years, and it is used for drones through collaboration with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport to ensure location accuracy. has significantly improved
ㅇ Various state-of-the-art technologies have been introduced, such as installing a sensor that checks for abnormalities in the aircraft and applying drone autonomous flight technology to perform missions without a separate remote controller.
□ The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport said that the commercial launch of drone delivery in the city center coincided with the first anniversary of the announcement of the Korean version of the New Deal, such as eco-friendly future mobility, digital twin, and job creation, and the creation of new services using drones, an icon of the 1th industry. It is expected to be a signal bullet of
ㅇ As a non-face-to-face service that is more suitable in the post-corona era, we plan to expand and operate drone delivery applications in urban areas in the future.
□ Department of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Advanced Aviation Division Manager Dong-ik Kim said, “To prevent safety accidents resulting from the commercialization of drone delivery, we are preparing for safety accidents by placing observers and safety personnel near Sejong Lake Park.”
ㅇ “We plan to continuously discover and nurture support measures necessary for policy and strategy so that drone-based services can be safely used in our daily lives,” he said.