Sri Lanka, Nov. 10 -- Sri Lanka is scheduled to conduct its first test flight of an electric autonomous passenger drone tomorrow (11) at Colombo Port City, as an initial move towards exploring passenger drone services in the country.

The proposed initiative will involve coordination between several government institutions, including the Civil Aviation Authority, Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka Air Force, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, Port City Commission, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Board of Investment and airport authorities.

The project will begin as a trial rather than a commercial passenger transport service, with testing expected to continue at the Port City premises for around six months.

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