First responders

by Michael Willougby Police in California’s Chula Vista city have launched 1,000 drone flights in a year resulting in 130 arrests according to a report from the San Diego Tribune. The idea behind the drone […]

by Michael Willoughby A trial using 4G LTE cellular connectivity to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drones to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of a cardiac arrest has taken place in the County of […]

by Michael Willoughby Geneva has participated in a feasibility study on taxicab drones as part of the European Urban Innovation Initiative on Intelligent Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) according to EN24. The UAV prototype project was […]

by Michael Willoughby The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has approved the use of Measure Ground Control drone programme management platform the Department’s small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) Programme Measure announced. The LAPD will use […]

by Michael Willoughby A total of nearly 50 teams comprising 500 people are set to compete in next year’s Australian Medical Rescue Challenge. The goal of the UAV Challenge is to demonstrate the utility of […]

by Michael Willoughby DJI, the manufacturer of civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, announced a Solution Development Partnership with Dubai Police to test and deploy DJI drone technology as a tool to aid its public […]

by Michael Willoughby A team in Iraq and Australia has developed a way to use drones to deliver a first aid kit 90 to 120 seconds faster than an ambulance, reports IEEE Spectrum. The delivery […]

by Michael Willoughby Many first-responding (emergency) organisations are likely to adopt drones in the next three years, a new report finds. The Wind study says that, although “UAM is currently still in the early stages […]

DARPA “swarmed” and isolated a mock city hall with autonomous aerial drones and ground-robots, the agency announced. The aim of the exercise was to “establish a boundary…around a focal point” in a similar way to […]