Search and Rescue

With hurricane season approaching, Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus is testing drones to assist save time and lives amid catastrophe. On July 14, the FlU Academy for International Disaster Preparedness will associate with native first responders and drone firm Airborne Response to conduct UAS workout routines in coordination with …

In an effort to bolster a nationwide 5G community, South Korean telecom big KT Corp will launch a brand new drone platform to supply cell communications facilities that may additionally remotely management different UAVs for search and rescue operations. Dubbed SKYSHIP, the platform features a helium-powered airship drone, cell floor …

Telecommunications big AT&T has been utilizing drones to offer connectivity to areas affected by pure disasters. Most not too long ago this occurred late final yr in Puerto Rico, the place AT&T’s Flying COWs (Cell on Wings) have been deployed to reconnect residents after the hurricane, offering wi-fi connectivity to prospects in …

DJI and the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) have for 2 years been collaborating to see how drone know-how can be utilized by public security organizations. Today they introduced an growth of that partnership and celebrated a profitable drone-assisted rescue mission in Iceland. EENA is a Brussels-based NGO devoted to …

The Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) has introduced eight finalists from the drone group for the inaugural AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award. The award, sponsored by DJI, acknowledges 5 organizations and/or people which have used drone expertise for humanitarian or philanthropic good. Five winners shall be chosen from the …

Christmas got here early for Alabama legislation enforcement after a non-profit donated a search-and-rescue drone final week. According to a report within the Montgomery Advertiser, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s workplace acquired a DJI Inspire drone from the Alzheimer’s and Autism Outreach Group to help the division in emergency responses – …

Joel Ifill launching airdropbox’s parachute packages in Las Marias Puerto Rico Joel Ifill has been working to get his begin up, DASH Systems, off the bottom, however a hurricane received in the best way. Listening to studies out of Puerto Rico, Joel felt his time may be higher spent taking …

They say “Everything’s Bigger in Texas” and for a lot of Lonestar State’s public-safety businesses that features “going drone or going home.” In the small city of Midlothian, the Southern Regional Response Group not too long ago deployed three members into drone coaching and certification utilizing DJI Inspire 1, Mavic …

UNICEF Malawi and UNICEF have joined forces to open up a 25-mile-radius drone hall over the nation’s Kasungu Aerodrome in an effort to enhance emergency rescue operations and additional aerial analysis. The UN company says the drone hall is the primary in Africa and will likely be utilized by universities …

Image cutesy of Eagle Tech Systems Tribally owned Eagle Tech Systems, a subsidiary of Warm Springs Ventures, an enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, has introduced a Drones and Public Safety Conference on May 24-25, 2017 at Kah-Nee- Ta High Desert Resort, Warm Springs, Oregon. Unmanned Aircraft Systems …