Drone delivers lungs for transplant to Toronto hospital in world 1st, health network says

University Health Network and Unither Bioelectronique say they have completed the world’s first transplant of lungs delivered by an unmanned drone. The Toronto health-care group and Bromont, Que., bioengineering company say the drone carrying the lungs travelled from Toronto Western Hospital to Toronto General Hospital on Sept. 25. The journey lasted six minutes and was completed […]

Kuker-Ranken Drone Roadshow: Fly It, Try It, Buy It

Kuker-Ranken drone roadshow for the AEC, Survey, Civil Engineering, and Public Safety industries will let customers see new drone technology in person, before making a purchasing decision.   As drone trade shows come back online slowly, the roadshow concept offers a way for professionals to see new products  – with minimal travel. With stops in […]

Public Safety Drone Market: BRINC Scores $25 Million in Series A Funding

BRINC, an emerging leader in the public safety drone market, has announced a $25 million Series A funding round.  Financing was led by Index Ventures with participation from Sam Altman, Tusk Venture Partners, Jeff Weiner’s Next Play Ventures, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Patrick Spence, Alex Wang, and former Acting Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan. BRINC […]

Andy Armacost of University of North Dakota

Defenders month continues with this episode of the Dawn of Drones podcast on Wednesday October 13th, at a SPECIAL TIME (this week only: 1 pm ET/12 pm CST), live from the UAS Summit and Expo in Grand Forks, North Dakota.   Watch below! Join host Dawn Zoldi LIVE from the UAS Summit and Expo in […]

ION M640x Is an American-Made Tactical Quadcopter Built for Special Missions

Teledyne FLIR’s new UAS (unmanned aerial system) is American-made and boasts of being the next generation of tactical quadcopters, great for defense, civil, and industrial applications. The ION M640x has evolved from the company’s ION M440 short-range reconnaissance drone, one of the five UAS platforms approved by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Blue […]

Airbus Unveils Latest Flying Taxi Concept

Welcome to Thomas Insights — every day, we publish the latest news and analysis to keep our readers up to date on what’s happening in industry. Sign up here to get the day’s top stories delivered straight to your inbox. From September 21 to 22, 2021, Airbus held a summit that focused on the emergence […]

Teledyne FLIR Announces ION M640x Next-Gen Tactical Quadcopter – sUAS News

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), today announced the launch of the ION™ M640x tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The American designed, developed, and manufactured UAS builds on the capabilities of the ION M440 (a Blue sUAS) and will provide military and other government customers with best-in-class capabilities for their unique missions. “Our proven, […]