Drones For Good

DRONERESPONDERS at Xponential 2022 – DRONELIFE

A Focus on Public Safety UAS Education and Networking: DRONERESPONDERS at XPONENTIAL 2022 AIRT will produce two new concepts –Conclave and Forum – for first responders using Drones For Good. Since its inception in Spring 2019, DRONERESPONDERS has emerged as the leading non-profit voice dedicated exclusively to the support and …

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Avy’s Launches Drone Response Network:

Avy Launches World’s First Drone Response Network by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Dutch aviation technology pioneer Avy has launched the first Drone Response Network to combine docking stations with autonomous aircraft that possess vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities. The network’s implementation provides ‘drone coverage’ within a certain …

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Drones Combat Coastline Pollution DJI

Drones for Pollution: DJI Teams with Boat Owners to Combat Coastline Trash By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby DJI has partnered with AnimaMundi Ocean Data Solutions and Lagoon to build the world’s first comprehensive database of plastic waste on coastlines using drones. The project starts with drones piloted by …

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CHURP: Covid Humanitarian UAS Operation

The COVID-19 Humanitarian UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Response Partnership (CHURP) has announced the successful finish of their current test phase, which included drone delivery of COVID testing kits. CHURP is a partnership formed over nine months ago by Emergent 121 Consulting and Akin Gump, LLP. It’s a timely project to …

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Wildfire Meteorology: Drones Provide a Better, Cheaper Way t…

image courtesy Fire Weather Research Laboratory, San Jose State University Drones becoming a useful tool in wildfire meteorology, the effort to understand weather that leads to fire risk. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill As wildfires continue to rage across vast swaths of the western United States, researchers are developing …

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Women and Drones Humanitarian Award

Women And Drones continues the work of recognizing outstanding drone organizations, despite the current pandemic which prevents the awards from taking place in person.  Today, the organization announced that the Women and Drones Humanitarian Team Award Honoree for this year is Kenya Flying Labs. “The Humanitarian Award recognizes co-ed teams, organizations …

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HoverGames Promotes Drone Solutions to COVID Problems

NXP Semiconductors is charging up the drone world this year, launching the second-annual  HoverGames Challenge 2: Help Drones Help Others. The challenge-based, interactive coding competition encourages developers to create drone solutions for frontline support during pandemics such as COVID-19. HoverGames Challenge participants will use NXP’s automotive, industrial and IOT technologies …

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COVID-19 is Here. Now, Where are the Drones? [Guest Op-Ed]

From Zipline If the current pandemic has created “a moment” for unmanned technology, where are all the drones?  It’s not that simple, say humanitarians. The following is a guest post co-authored by Olivier Defawe, Director of the VillageReach Drones for Health Program, and David Sarley, Innovation and Supply Chain Director at …

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