Search And Rescue

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...

The use of UAVs for mapping disaster areas, evaluating the damage, monitoring wide range fires or earthquakes, especially in areas that cannot be accessed...

Several shark-spotting surveillance drones will be used to improve beach patrols’ precision in Western Australia's South West. Fisheries minister, Joe Francis, claimed the $88,000...

NASA announced recently that it’s been using a drone to track Hurricane Matthew. The space agency said that the tool being used is a...

The South African company Ultimate Unmanned has launched its new Viper 1000C unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is based on a Stemme motor glider. The...

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has conducted a long-term unmanned aircraft systems operation of the ScanEagle in the Christmas Island, Australia. The operation was...

In the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the Italian town of Amatrice and its surrounding region a couple of months ago, Italian authorities...

Drone USA, a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and related technologies, announced it has entered into an agreement enabling the...

The CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter currently deployed with a number of navies in conventional littoral reconnaissance roles, has likewise proven to be hugely successful...

Mobile communications company Ping4Inc. has been awarded a development contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to assist first...

Most robots are wheeled or tracked, because of the difficulties and expenses entailed in getting robot legs to animate properly. However, a new medium-sized...