Parrot announced that it is partnering with DroneSense – a software company whose comprehensive drone management platform enables public safety organizations to build, manage, and scale their unmanned aircraft programs. Continue reading
Category Archives: First Responders
DroneUp to Provide Drone Services to Public Sector Agencies in Hawaii
DroneUp, LLC, and the State of Hawaii have signed a Participating Addendum for the NASPO ValuePoint contract for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services established as the State Procurement Office (SPO) Price List Contract No. 20-08. Continue reading
Drone Solutions to Distribute Lifeseeker in Asia
Centum Research & Technology announced that it has appointed Drone Solutions as its Business Partner in Asia. Continue reading
Reliable Long-Range Multi-Link Communication for BVLOS UAS SAR Operations
Researchers at the TU Dortmund University have just published a 22-page paper which addresses the challenges of UAS usage in maritime SAR scenarios which lie in the remote control as well as the real-time exchange of acquired information like sensor data, videos, and images. Continue reading
EHang in Flood Emergency Response Exercise in China
EHang Holdings Limited announced that it participated in a flood emergency response exercise recently organized by the local government in Shaoguan, China. EHang fully demonstrated the efficiency, automation, and centralized management of its AAV technology in an emergency application by exercising large-scale and centralized AAV operations. Continue reading
SkySkopes in Successful Missing Person Search in North Dakota
A missing child has been found safely in Minot, North Dakota today, in no small part due to the swift actions of the partnership between the Minot Police Department, the Minot Fire Department, SkySkopes’ UAS teams, and others. Continue reading
Swift UAS Teams Demo SAR in Japan
Teams from Swift Tactical Systems, in partnership with its Japanese counterpart, Swift-Xi, both subsidiaries of Swift Engineering, completed personnel search and rescue and animal identification missions as part of a contract with Okayama Prefecture in Japan. Continue reading
Defibrillator by BVLoS Drone Trial in Wales
Immediately before lockdown, a team from Snowdonia Aerospace, with partners SwiftFlight Avionics, University of Manchester and the Welsh Ambulance Service, completed a successful flight demo that showed proof-of-concept for beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) delivery of a defibrillator by drone to a remote, rural location that would be difficult to reach with an ambulance in a timely fashion. Continue reading