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The State-owned defense conglomerate Aviation Industry Corp of China, manufacturer of China's Wing Loong series, said the powerful machines are not only suited for theater reconnaissance and precision strikes, but can also serve a host of civilian purposes. The most recent example, which involved a Wing Loong 2H
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With the assistance of a control center on the ground, a drone able to locate missing people - even in densely forested areas – had attracted a great deal of attention. The Institute for Computer Graphics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, has now gone one step further, creating a
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Axon a global supplier of connected public safety technologies and DroneSense, a software platform for drones in public safety, have announced a strategic partnership to provide public safety agencies with an end-to-end drone software solution, including piloting, administration, evidence management and live streaming. Axon will implement DroneSense's piloting,
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In a disaster, time is of the essence when searching for potential victims who may be difficult to find. Unmanned aerial vehicles make the perfect platform for state-of-the-art technology allowing emergency crews to find those in need and provide situational awareness over a large area. During the 180th Meeting of
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Everdrone will soon reach more residents with doorstep deliveries than any other drone company in the world thanks to extended permissions obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in Sweden. In the coming weeks, 200,000 people in Sweden will have access to emergency medical deliveries of Automated External Defibrillators
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NEC Laboratories Europe has prototyped new, AI-enabled drone technology that quickly locates natural disaster victims using their mobile phones or smart devices in areas with damaged or no cellular infrastructure. Finding disaster victims is slow and resource intensive. To locate victims, emergency response teams rely on line-of-sight or being in
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Dotterel Technologies in New Zealand has developed a two-way aerial audio meaning that rescuers will be able to have two-way conversations with the person or people they are seeking. Shaun Edlin, CEO of Dotterel, proved the point to a multi-agency search and rescue exercise in the Hunua Ranges, Auckland, New
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Drone Nerds, a North American drone distributor, has partnered with American drone company, BRINC Drones, to help bring to market one of the most revolutionary tactical tools ever built. The BRINC Drones LEMUR is designed to help SWAT teams locate, isolate, and communicate with suspects. A ruggedized and durable composition
Business
Axon a global supplier of connected public safety technologies, and Skydio, a U.S. drone manufacturer have announced a strategic partnership to offer Skydio's world leading autonomous drones to law enforcement and emergency responders via Axon's unmanned aircraft program, Axon Air. As a Skydio Elite Partner,
Commercial
To support search-and-rescue efforts, one group of innovators in Europe has succeeded in harnessing the power of drones, AI, and smartphones, all in one novel combination. Their idea is to use a single drone as a moving cellular base station, which can do large sweeps over disaster areas and locate
Testing
Google last week applied to the FAA for permission to test out the use of drones for monitoring and fighting fires. Google Research Climate and Energy Group (Google Research) requested permission to operate the HSE-UAV M8A Pro unmanned aircraft system, weighing over 55 pounds (lbs.), for testing fire-fighting and monitoring
UAM/UTM
As populations grow, traditional traffic infrastructure is pushed to its limits. Mobility is, therefore, expanding into the third dimension – the airspace. AiRMOUR is a research and innovation project supporting sustainable air mobility in urban contexts via emergency and medical services. The project will test both manned and unmanned drones in