Search And Rescue

Disaster recovery teams would be upgraded with cellular drones. AT&T, the communications giant, expect it’s Flying COW (Cell on Wings) to achieve life-saving capabilities...

A new network will allow pilots of drones to fly farther distances, even outside their line of sight, which is currently against FAA rules....

A fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) consisting of aerial drones and miniature aerostats were used to provide live situational awareness at a joint...

Advanced marine electronics systems will be supplied to the US Coast Guard for enhancing situational awareness and navigation capabilities. FLIR Systems has been awarded...

A solar-electric UAV will support commercial and security requirements. Bye Aerospace announced an important engineering, development and production collaboration with SolAero Technologies Corp. to...

While the drone industry is booming, it’s important to remember that the drone is merely a vehicle, a way to transport what provides the...

Airborne search and rescue missions undertaken by military and civilian helicopter aircrews are dangerous and demanding operations, usually conducted at night or in bad...

A new research project funded by DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is developing an autonomous drone made out of cardboard that...

Emergency Response departments are adopting UAVs to help save lives. The Canadian Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) has recently recruited two thermal imaging...

Innovative technologies for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) will be implemented by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

Keeping firefighters safe and communicating with them have been major technical challenges for decades. While outdoors, they can use GPS to track one another,...

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has begun the test campaign of its remotely piloted helicopter SW-4 ‘Solo’. Leonardo is an Italian multinational aerospace, defence and security company, headquartered...

The US Department of Homeland Security has found a new geospatial solution to enhance first responders’ incident management capabilities. The Department’s Science and Technology...

A new Massachusetts police department drone will soon provide investigators reconstructing car accidents with a much-needed eye in the sky — and is expected...

An original technology allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large and unsafe zones, like cities...

A recent patent application by Boeing reveals an autonomous solution that would allow dual-use drones to operate for months, overcoming the battery life problem. The...

The Sharjah Police has been displaying some of the most pioneering homeland security technology it has adopted at the UAE Innovation Week recently. According to...

Cameras are replacing aircraft in fire awareness. A network of high definition cameras placed on peaks throughout the Lake Tahoe region in the US...

Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its models of optionally-piloted helicopters and small UAS can work together to successfully locate and extinguish...

Boeing’s UAV manufacturer Insitu recently showcased its newest wide-area maritime surface search and identification technology for representatives from the UK Royal Navy as well...

During the following weeks NASA partners will fly five unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), beyond visual line-of-sight of their human operators, to test planning, tracking...

Japanese tele-robotics company V-Cube Robotics (VRJ) has entered a strategic partnership with Singapore’s H3 Dynamics to roll out the company’s DRONEBOX drone deployment base...