KING 5 followed Snohomish County’s Emergency Management team as they fly drones to help prepare for emergencies. SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — High above the newly constructed Index-Galena Road, a 4 1/2-foot-long drone snaps pictures. The aircraft is mapping out the road for Snohomish County’s 911 system. “Once we got the …
Read More »NOPD: Drones just ‘body-worn cameras in the sky’
Alone, in the middle of a parking lot, sat a lifeless drone. Officially known as a “small unmanned aircraft system,” the drone is the latest high-tech surveillance tool that the New Orleans Police Department plans to put to work. Ironically, it sat in a lot near the NOPD Police Academy …
Read More »South Fulton Police test fly drones set to help respond to 9…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The South Fulton Police Department will soon be using drones to respond to 911 calls. It’s part of the new program called “Drones as First Responders” The department was out at a remote site testing out the drones Thursday. South Fulton Police have partnered …
Read More »Elsight connectivity Keeps Sphere Drones Up in the Air
Sphere Drones’ HubX Drone Platform Demonstrates Resilience During Optus Outage with Elsight’s Halo Connectivity System In a recent trial of Sphere Drones’ HubX drone platform at a remote mine in New South Wales, the drone’s connectivity remained uninterrupted during the November 8 Optus outage, showcasing the effectiveness of Elsight’s Halo …
Read More »Pentagon Considers Giving AI Drones Autonomy in Battlefield …
The Pentagon, along with global powers like China and Israel, is contemplating the use of AI drones capable of making autonomous decisions to kill on the battlefield. By yourNEWS Media Staff The Pentagon, along with several other nations including China and Israel, is currently in a critical debate about allowing …
Read More »Bengaluru startup to deploy drones to aid Uttarkashi tunnel …
Rescue workers sending food through pipes for the trapped labourers inside the tunnel, near Silkyara in Uttarakhand, on November 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Squadrone Infra and Mining Private Limited, a Bengaluru-based startup that specialises in aerial intelligence for mineral exploration, mining, tunnelling and infrastructure, has joined …
Read More »WVU researcher using ‘bug bombs’ and drones to fight invasiv…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — A West Virginia University researcher is using drones and machine learning to identify and destroy invasive plants without the need for chemicals or herbicides. Dr. Yong-Lak Park, a professor of entomology at WVU, is combatting non-native plant species, like mile-a-minute weed, Japanese knotweed and purple loosestrife, …
Read More »The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year
The NYPD has more than tripled its use of drones in the last year, most recently deploying them 13 different times to monitor public protests last month, according to police data. Between April and June of this year, the department deployed drones 143 times. Before that, it had never deployed …
Read More »Could drones transform ravaged landscapes?
INALÅHAN, Guam (THE WASHINGTON POST) – The drone’s propellers whirred to life, blurring as they picked up speed and filling the air with a mechanical buzzing. Within seconds, the large buglike contraption was rising high above a largely barren stretch of red clay soil – one of many that run …
Read More »Nigerian coy launches unmanned vehicles, drones assembly
To address security challenges and stimulate economic growth, Elites Group of Companies, an indigenous Nigerian company, has announced the commencement of an assembly and production line for Unmanned Vehicles, drones, and other security equipment within Nigeria. This strategic initiative followed a significant agreement with foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers partners. The …
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