BENGALURU: Two Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) or drones developed and built in Bengaluru will be the first such vehicles in India to be used in experiments to deliver objects with the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) clearance having come on Tuesday.The two vehicles —Lookout VTOL and +Copter— in the small drone category can now conduct Experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations in pre-identified airspace. The airspace has been identified by the Airports Authority of India The clearance came through after the BVLOS Experiment and Monitoring Committee (BEAM) recommended that two consortia, one led by Throttle Aerospace Systems (TAS), which built the drones, and another led by delivery services firm Dunzo, be permitted to conduct experiments. Both the firms are based out of Bengaluru, TAS is also part of the Dunzo-led consortium.TAS founder Nagendran Kandasamy told TOI: “While we will be using both the drones, Dunzo will only be using the Lookout VTOL. This permission enables us to test for delivering objects using drones. TAS’ primary focus will be on testing delivery of blood samples, medicines and so on, as we aim to eventually do organ transportation in the future.”A senior DGCA official said that these experiments will provide the crucial proof of concept (POC), which in turn, will be useful to frame necessary regulation. “This is the first step towards regulation,’ he said, adding that more than 30 applications had been received for BVLOS experiments and that BEAM only recommended these two consortia.Responding to a detailed questionnaire from TOI, Dunzo said: “At this time, we would not like to comment on the development in detail. Except that we’ve always focused on building a great product. It’s our small contribution to what’s happening at large and we want to use technology to innovate and improve on the customer experience.”“...That has always been our promise and at this stage, it's a bit early to comment on our process. For now, we will continue working proactively with new technologies to expedite that mission,” Dunzo added.The DGCA approval letter has laid out multiple conditions which have to be met during these experiments. The key ones among those are that the operations will be carried out in AAI specified areas, the drones will be piloted by those who participated in the “Remote Pilot Refresher Training,” conducted in Begumpet airport on February 4 and 5, 2020.“We have been cleared by AAI to operate in Gauribidanur,” Kandasamy said, while an official added that Dunzo has been cleared to operate in Channarayapatna . In both cases, the AAI has set an upper limit of 400ft above ground level.