First Responders will Get Advanced UAV Technology

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Authorities and public safety services currently use UAV for a variety of purposes every day, including for fire spot detection from above buildings, search and rescue operations, and scene reconstruction after a car accident. A new technology will enable the development of various additional use-cases, including routine neighborhood aerial patrols to keep citizens safe during the day and at night.

Aeronyde and Unifly have partnered to develop an advanced UAV technology for emergency responders. They will create an “efficient self-flying system” for police and fire departments by integrating Unifly’s Unmanned Traffic Management services, along with Aeronyde’s system for Autonomous flight.

The autonomous system will allow emergency responders to scale their UAV operations. Along with offering on-demand dispatching of registered and authorized UAVs, the resulting system will also deliver real-time situational awareness of scenes of distress, according to auvsi.org.

The developers want to simplify the UAV dispatch and management process in an effort to allow Emergency Responders to focus on the valuable data that serves their mission, as opposed to the logistics of operating UAV. Before the flight, UAV operators can simply plan and validate their mission through a user-friendly interface.

Unifly’s flight validation engine checks compliance with all federal, state, and local rules and regulations. It also ensures deconfliction between UAV operations.

The platform allows local operators and central authorities to monitor and track the UAV in real time. After an operation, specific tools such as the logs and the replay mode, allow for easy post-flight analysis and analytics. A demonstration of the development will be held later this summer.