Search And Rescue

Search And Rescue

rescue

IDF special unit 669 is the Israeli Air Force’s Airborne Rescue And Evacuation Unit, and one of IDF’s four special units. The unit defines...
helicopter

The H225 helicopter is known for its speed, range, and payload in the 11-ton-category twin-turbine rotorcraft. It is the newest member of Airbus’ Super...
behind enemy lines

Military forces depend, to a large extent, on GPS and need a redundant resilient capability to operate in a GNSS/GPS-denied environment. A new solution...
indoor inspection

One of the challenges of flying drones indoor in complex and confined spaces or in contact with humans is the risk of collisions and...
civilian preparedness

The IDF has been gradually reflecting the concept that Israel’s next conflict will take place in two fronts: In the military front, the IDF...
search and rescue

A new guidance system will enable first responders and maritime rescue units to use fully autonomous drones to help locate people lost at sea...
first responders, Photo: illustration, US DHS

First responders may utilize the computing power of a smartphone throughout the workday to complete myriad tasks requiring connectivity in the foreseeable future, according...
public safety

The public safety community has long called for mobile broadband to support its mission to save lives. With the adoption of LTE mobile broadband...
disaster

Having your cell phone with you and the location setting activated can save your life in case of a disaster. First responders use now...
drone

DJI has teamed up with thermal imaging specialists FLIR to launch a new two-lensed camera system. The double-eyed drone enables drones to break new ground...
maritime emergency

MDA, Israel's national medical emergency service, will operate a new personal watercraft equipped for maritime emergency situations, that will help improve the period of...
smartphone

In the public safety sector, mission-critical communications must get through, as the information is highly important to the first responders. While many smartphones now...
drones

Quite a few drone developments focus on clean energy technologies for powering the unmanned aerial vehicles. But drones can also contribute to the environment...
911 call centers

As first responder agencies in the US move toward shared ESInet environments and full next-generation 911 infrastructure (NG9-1-1), the ability to record multimedia communications...
Police Helicopters Help Locating Suspects

New technology gave Omaha police officers a boost as they recently tracked a man in east Omaha who was suspected of driving a stolen...
iot

The market of the IoT connected devices is in the midst of a major revolution which has already altered every field, from domestic devices,...

An advanced UAV reconnaissance system was successfully tested, and will soon serve the U.S. Air National Guard in conducting airborne assessment of natural disasters...
indigenous uav

The Nigerian Air Force inducted its first indigenous UAV, which will be used for ISR operations in land and sea. The Tsaigumi UAV, produced...
big data for security

The consequences of the Big Data revolution in all the technological fields and the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with this regard were the...
Police UAS

Law enforcement agencies across the US are adopting unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for operations ranging from search and rescue to traffic accident reconstruction and...
black hawk

In addition to its traditional roles in delivering and extracting troops, casualty evacuation, providing critical supplies to troops, delivering emergency supplies during natural disasters,...
drone navigation

Flying drones through cluttered environments like cities is complicated. The ability to avoid obstacles while traveling at high speeds has computational limits, especially for...