Search And Rescue

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

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

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

The Chicago city Ambulance Service started incorporating a new emergency response drone. We have just recently wrote in i-HLS.com about drones being flown by canadian...

Paramedics in Canada can now see the bigger picture, as Federal authorities in the country has granted a county in the Ontario Province a...

Drones in the service of first responders can eliminate surprises by understanding a scene and its threats far better than possible from the ground....

Drones offer a vast, bird’s eye view for collecting data, which can contribute enormously to diverse areas such as weather, traffic flow, and even...

First responders capabilities are to be enhanced within the framework of the US efforts to advance smart city technologies. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

A group of three nanosatellites that will fly on a controlled formation flying for the first time will be launched at the end of...

The US has been enhancing preparedness to active shooter attacks. Using cutting-edge video game technology and animation, the U.S. Army and Homeland Security Department...

Many of today’s self-driving cars use automated systems that work in tandem with a collection of sensors and cameras. For example, Tesla’s Autopilot relies...

A new combination of a drone, thermal camera and a trained dog could serve as an efficient weapon against terrorist threats. The Israel Dog...

Engineers from two universities, Ruhr-Universität Bochum and University of Duisburg-Essen, have developed novel signal processing methods for imaging and material characterization with the aid...

Reminder: Applications can be submitted by November 25th, 2017. Are you developing an innovative technology in one of the following fields? Military technology, security, homeland security,...

Though unmanned aerial vehicles have proliferated in recent years, the US federal government still tightly controls their use. For example, drones must stay within...

As we learn from experience, most of the trapped victims in the aftermath of earthquakes and other natural disasters are rescued by by-passers, rather...

Search and rescue operations in disaster-stricken areas often lack information about the terrain and the actual situation. A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic...

A Spanish helicopter UAV manufacturer, Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS) has exposed a new technology partnership with Planck Aerosystems, of San Diego, California (USA). Its...

The Georgia Institute of Technology has recently stated in a media release that according to a study it’s conducted, edge computing and fog networks...

A new smartwatch app helps navigate vessels. The free app supplies instant information about potential collisions, anchor drag or man overboard on the smartwatch....

In a development hailed as step forward for search and rescue technology, researchers in Australia have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to measure the...

The U.S. Coast Guard receives more than 200 false distress calls a year over its Very High Frequency (VHF) radio channel 16—the mariner’s “911,”—and...