Overview

• The AFMS will launch a pilot to deliver blood bags and medicines via drones in remote hilly regions, with aspirations to extend the technology to medical evacuations in the future.
• The service is integrating telemedicine with AI-driven diagnostics and point-of-care devices to accelerate healthcare response in underserved areas.
• The Armed Forces Medical College’s next-generation sequencing laboratory is now operational and designed to enhance genetic diagnostics and molecular research.
• A Group Captain is deployed in Houston to oversee primary healthcare for the four astronauts on the Axiom-4 mission through the Institute of Aviation Medicine.
• Recent memorandums of understanding with IIT Chennai, IIT Mumbai and other institutions underpin expanded research in sports medicine, sleep medicine and aerospace health.