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by DRONELIFE staff writer Jim Magill Manatee County, Florida may become the first local government entity in the country to use its emergency 9-1-1 system to dispatch the delivery of emergency medical supplies by drone for people suffering from heart attacks or other serious medical emergencies. On September 15, the …

California’s Freefly Systems introduces a new commercial drone for the enterprise: The Astro.  The Astro Enterprise Drone Solution is a collaboration with Auterion, the largest open source drone software platform.  The Astro is a multi use enterprise drone for utility, telco, and infrastructure companies, as well as drone service providers and first …

The following is a Women and Drones press release.  The 2020 Women to Watch List is an international group of women leading the drone industry in a variety of sectors.   Women and Drones is proud to once again recognize women who represent the business leaders, innovators, mentors and visionaries …

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, has unveiled the EHang 216L.  EHang’s heavy lift drone is ideal for short-to-medium-haul air logistics – both in cities and rural areas. The EHang 216L can carry a payload of 200kg – about 440 pounds …

File image Despite a slowdown in the consumer drone market over the past few years, new research shows the COVID-19 pandemic may fuel modest interest. Earlier this month, drone research and consulting firm DroneAnalyst released two reports delving into the rise, fall and stagnation of the UAV consumer market DroneAnalyst research …

AUVSI has announced one of this year’s AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards.  The world’s largest drone manufacturer, DJI, sponsored the 2020 AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian and Public Safety Award for drone missions that help people, animals, and the environment. “Six organizations that pioneer new ways to use drones for good are winners of …

DroneUp and NATO Allied Command Transformation performed an experiment to prove a new and innovative way of resupplying soldiers on the battlefield.  The experiment proved that autonomous drone delivery works. “DroneUp recently partnered with North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Command Transformation, Joint Force Development Directorate, Operational Experimentation branch in an …

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 …

A group of drone industry stakeholders including the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), and the U.S. Chamber’s Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC) have signed a letter asking the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to “hold fast” to the intended December 2020 release of the …

Source: Elbit UK Drone provider Elbit Systems recently completed several search and rescue UAS demos for the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency over Wales, testing long-range flights in civilian airspace. Elbit’s Hermes 900 fixed-wing drone flew several BVLOS missions over uncontrolled airspace along routes approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. …