This experimental project was organised by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Pix4D, using UAV models from Draganfly and Aeryon Labs. The goal is comparing traditional CSI procedures with UAV mapping. Continue reading
Category Archives: First Responders
Panic Button App Sends Drones to the Rescue
The LifeLine Response app can call the police and dispatch a drone at 60mph to record the scene is a person is in distress. To use the system, users fire up the app and tell controllers they are concerned. If they take their thumb off the button, a drone is sent and the police are called, using the location of the phone. Continue reading
K-Max Takes on Firefighting Mission
A team of Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned aircraft successfully demonstrated its ability to aid in firefighting operations, the company announced. Continue reading
Camcopter Helps Save 2800+ Refugees in Mediterranean
As part of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) operation Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System) helped to save the lives of over 2800 refugees in the Mediterranean Sea during several missions.
Ambulance Drone with Integrated Defibrillator
Graduate student Alec Momont of TU Delft has designed an unmanned, autonomously navigating mini aeroplane that can quickly deliver a defibrillator to where it is needed. A network of such drones could significantly increase the chance of survival following a cardiac arrest: from 8 % to 80 % ! Continue reading
Abu Dhabi Police UAS Equipped with Full HD
The Security Media Department at the General Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, have upgraded the technical specifications of its remote-controlled flying quadcopters. They are now they are able to capture full HD footage. Continue reading
Philippine Mayor Buys UAS to Monitor Floods
Tarlac, in the Philippines, will be the first town in the country to have unmanned aerial vehicles, to monitor the local peace and order situation and threats from natural disasters. Continue reading
$4M Funding for Research on UAS Crop Surveillance
The Canadian Federal Government announced Tuesday that they are financially backing a new defence and aerospace innovation programme at UBC Okanagan. Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, Michelle Rempel, was on hand to announce the $3.8 million in funding to support the establishment of the Survive and Thrive Applied Research Facility (STAR). Continue reading