Category Archives: First Responders

New Search-And-Rescue Drone is ‘Find My iPhone’ with Wings

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 survivors using signals from their phones. Continue reading →

EU AiRMOUR Project Tests Medical Emergency Drones

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. Continue reading →

ADAC Air Rescue Reserves Two VoloCity eVTOLS

L-R: Frédéric Bruder, Managing Director of the non-profit ADAC Luftrettung, and Florian Reuter, CEO of Volocopter holding the signed contracts.

Volocopter and ADAC Luftrettung announced that ADAC Luftrettung has reserved two VoloCity electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Continue reading →

Autel and DroneSense Partner on Public Safety UAS Operations

Unmanned Aircraft Systems manufacturer, Autel Robotics, and DroneSense, a drone software platform for public safety, have announced a partnership that will allow UAS teams to utilize the full suite of DroneSense capabilities tailor-made for the needs of public safety operators with their Autel EVO Series aircraft. Continue reading →

Volocopter, ADAC Luftrettung Release Study on eVTOL and Air Rescue Operations

Volocopter has released the first worldwide study in partnership with ADAC Luftrettung on the role of eVTOL platforms in air rescue operations. The study was has spanned nearly two years of research and technology demonstrations across Bavaria and the Rhineland and has tried to determine if an aerial mobility focused rescue service system can expedite the transport of doctors and other medical professionals. Continue reading →