UC San Diego Health will test whether it can safely use small flying drones to quickly transport medical samples among its facilities in a project meant to reduce the time patients have to wait for blood test results and treatment. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
New Partnership for Human Organ Drone Delivery System
Connecticut based drone manufacturer Aquiline Drones (AD) is partnering with logistics firm VyrtX to create an innovative and life-saving medical delivery service for human organs and tissues using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading
US Interior Dept Grounding Chinese-Made Drones
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt
The U.S. Interior Department is grounding its fleet of about 800 Chinese-made drones but will allow their use for emergency situations, the department said on Wednesday.
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order affirming a temporary cessation of non-emergency operations adopted in October as it ensures “cybersecurity, technology and domestic production concerns are adequately addressed,” the department said. Continue reading
Avion Unmanned to Provide Drone Services to New Mexico Public Agencies
Avion Unmanned, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) division of Avion Solutions, Inc., signed a Participating Addendum with the State of New Mexico’s agencies, commissions, institutions, political subdivisions and local public bodies allowed by law. Continue reading
First African Drone and Data Academy Opens in Malawi
The first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) opened on January 13 in Lilongwe, Malawi, UNICEF announced. Continue reading
Dielectric UAV Designed for the Utility Industry
Union Robotics, an Oregon-based robotics company, unveiled the Meadowhawk DE – an industrial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made from ASTM F711 rated dielectric material designed to fly safely around high voltage assets. Continue reading
Herbicide Application via Drone Still on Hold in Canada
Custom applicators and farmers looking to use drones to apply herbicides to crops in Canada are still in a holding pattern. Continue reading
Could Drones Save Cows? Research Team Thinks So
In the basement of an engineering building on UK’s campus, there’s a calf replica who goes by the name of Chuck. Chuck has been instrumental in perfecting the machine-learning and UAV-formation-control technology
It’s a staggering statistic — every year nearly 3 million cows in the U.S. die from health problems. And it’s costing the cattle industry more than $1 billion. Continue reading