A Drone Carrying an AED Could Save a Heart Attack Victim’s Life. Researchers Study How to Make it Work

Mollyrose89, CC BY-SA 4.0  Researchers study use of AED-carrying drones to save lives By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill In responding to medical emergencies, such as when a person is suffering a heart attack, seconds count. Shortening the length of time between when a call is placed to a 911 operator and when medical help […]

Globhe is Using Drones to Improve Global Health: From the Floor of Intergeo

From the floor of Intergeo in Berlin last week, DRONELIFE speaks with Andreas Nordansjö, CMO of drone data and impact tech firm GLOBHE about using drones and drone data to improve outcomes in global health. Continue reading below, or listen: GLOBHE gets results by offering stakeholders access to quality-controlled aerial data from anywhere on earth: providing local drone pilots […]

DroneShield releases AI software engine to fuse counter-drone data from diverse sensors

Counter-drone tech specialist DroneShield has released a new sensor-agnostic 3D data fusion engine called SensorFusionAI (SFAI). Deployed as a standalone module, SFAI can integrate into any third-party command-and-control system on a subscription basis and fuse data from varied anti-drone sensors. Angus Bean, DroneShield’s CTO, points out that rogue drone detection is increasingly moving toward a […]

FAA Administrator: Whitaker Nomination Moves Through Committee, Drone Industry Calls for Swift Action to Confirm

Ted Eytan, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 The process of appointing an FAA Administrator continues, as the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation moved the nomination of former FAA Deputy Mike Whitaker unanimously through committee. Continue reading below, or listen: The nomination will now need to be confirmed by vote of the full Senate.  Drone […]

Cranfield Airport Named as Regulatory Sandbox to Drive Drone Integration in the UK Forward

default Cranfield Airport selected for trial area to advance UAS integration in the UK. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Walker Robinson Cranfield Airport has been chosen by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to participate in a Temporary Reserved Area (TRA) Regulatory Sandbox which will integrate manned and unmanned aircrafts in the same airspace. The TRA Sandbox […]