As devastating wildfires rage throughout the American West, fire agencies across the region are turning to cutting-edge technologies from supercomputers generating near-real-time fire maps to fireball-dropping drones to enhance the way they respond to these disasters. Fires are still won and lost through grueling work on the field and relatively low-tech tactics such as burning […]
London-based advanced air mobility (AAM) specialist Skyports is broadening its COVID-fighting medical services partnership with Australian logistics company Swoop Aero to establish drone delivery networks across Europe and the Americas. Deal extends initial UK Covid-fighting medical delivery partnership to wide-ranging goods The move is significant in the development of both businesses. It marks a major […]
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Over the past 24 hours, on August 19, Ukraine recorded nine ceasefire violations by Russian-led armed groups in the Joint Forces Operation zone, including seven shellings and two UAV overflights. That’s according to the press service of the Joint Forces Operation HQ, Ukrinform reports. In the direction of Novo-oleksandrivka, Russian mercenaries fired small arms. Near […]
A Navy MQ-4C Triton drone lands at Misawa Air Base, Japan, on May 15, 2021. (Joseph M. Buliavac/U.S. Navy) A Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance plane has launched around 20 missions this summer from northeast Japan, where it shares airspace with U.S. and Japanese military and commercial aircraft, according to one of the drone pilots. […]
In the second recording, a phone call between Air Traffic Control tower at Tucson International Airport and the TPD helicopter crew recorded the day after the encounter, the helicopter crewman notes that the drone maintained a speed of 75 knots in a 30-knot headwind. “So you think it was a drone?” the Tucson tower employee […]
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched an investigation into the delivery of a sophisticated tiffin bomb along with hand grenades and 100 pistol cartridges using a drone by Pakistan backed Khalistani terrorists earlier this month, people familiar with the development said. The consignment was dropped on August 9 near a drain at […]
The United States Army has approved replacing the aging unmanned aircraft system Shadow and endorsed a tactical drone challenge to find its successor, Defense News reported. Since 2020, the US Army has evaluated several new and improved capabilities that can replace the Shadow, ending with a review of potential replacements at Fort Benning, Georgia. The […]
MissionGO and LLF of Maryland Reinvent Blood Transport with Unmanned Aircraft by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian Crosby MissionGO, a leader in unmanned aircraft solutions, has teamed with The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland (The LLF), Maryland’s organ procurement organization (OPO) responsible for organ, eye and tissue donation services, for a faster, safer and more efficient […]
Pix4D is on the floor at AUVSI Xponential in Atlanta this week, demonstrating their suite of mapping products. One of these is Pix4Dreact, the fast mapping product for emergency response applications. In this unprecedented time, the need for disaster response tools is greater than ever. Pix4Dreact is the perfect tool for rescue agencies working on […]
