First responders

Ehang has announced that it participated in a flood emergency response exercise recently organized by the local government in Shaoguan, China. According to a press release: “EHang fully demonstrated the efficiency, automation, and centralized management […]

Verge Aero, a leader in high performance drone light shows, delivered an aerial tribute this week at the University of Pennsylvania campus, for those medical staff and first responders on the frontline of the Covid-19 […]

According to wfmz.com, by employing drones to automate indoor disinfection processes, businesses can quickly and safely disinfect their buildings with little to no downtime. Based in Ottawa, Smartcone Technologies and close to Toronto, Clarion Drone […]

How drones are being used in the fight against the coronavirus” It is a common enough headline. But one company, SkySkopes of North Dakota, is accelerating the use of unmanned air systems (UAS) for simultaneous […]

According to thenextweb.com, Aerospace firm, Draganfly, announced this week that test flights for its “pandemic drones” were conducted in Westport, Connecticut, a hotspot for covid-19 following a private party where dozens of people were exposed to […]

As part of drone manufacturer DJI’s humanitarian response to the coronavirus pandemic by donating 100 craft to America’s first response teams (police, fire and public safety organisations – please read story below), the drones have been […]

According to indiatimes.com, the country’s leading drone company, Garuda Aerospace (GA) has won three more sanitisation contracts to combat the coronavirus including one from the Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation in Madhya Pradesh. The other […]

The ft.com, report that two police departments in California have created new descriptive terms to describe drone warning messages to the public as a way of controlling the present lockdown. In an attempt, to ease the […]

According to en.brinkwire.com, Italian police are deploying drones with thermal sensors to detect people with coronavirus out in public places during the strict lockdown. The small drone flies above virus hotspots such as Bergamo in […]

In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and CCTV footage of crowded slums, the front line in the city’s battle to contain the […]