Fire and Police
Here’s a great idea. The drone industry has been referred to often as the wild, wild west – and just as old time rodeos were designed to test the skills of cowboys, the Southeast... Read more
AOPA, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, is lending a helping hand in Florida and the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Drones can be used in a variety of ways for as... Read more
They say, “Virginia is for Lovers.” For one lucky UAS company, the Commonwealth is also for drone lovers. DroneUp just received a contract from Virginia to provide drone services for all sta... Read more
Hear CommercialDrones.FM host Ian Smith speak with firefighter Derrick Ward and FLIR thermal expert Randall Warnas about how the Los Angeles Fire Department uses drones to fight fires and sa... Read more
Autonomous drone provider Atlas recently partnered with the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State to launch the company’s flagship AtlasPRO to bolster the agency’s security efforts for the... Read more
The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is inviting bids for a pilot program that will explore how the adoption of drone technology could assist rescue missions, maritime inspect... Read more
Tomahawk Robotics is partnering with drone provider FLYMOTION to bring UAV-based software suite Kinesis to the public-safety and government sector. The software suite enables “management of... Read more
Rome-based security-defense company Leonardo Systems says one of its Falco EVO drone systems helped European police catch an illegal immigration scheme. On June 20, Frontex, (the European Bo... Read more
This week, Ohio-based flamethrower specialist Throwflame is launching a flamethrower that can be attached to a commercial drone. The TF-19 Wasp can shoot fire 25ft and, with its 1-gallon fue... Read more
The best part of the drone industry is finding those organizations, large and small, who are innovating for good in the world. The drone army has proven their willingness to help communitie... Read more
London’s Metropolitan Police is set to become the first UK police force to use a drone to monitor road users. Rather than reporting on congestion or accidents, the drone will be used t... Read more
From their staff notes: “Stonehenge is a pre-historic monument in County Wiltshire in Southwestern England. The famous ring of stones, estimated to be 4-5,000 years old, is on... Read more
The combination of drones and wildfires isn’t usually a productive one. Emergency teams tasked with fighting them are often disrupted by opportunistic aerial photographers. But the tec... Read more
Heliguy, the biggest DJI direct retailer in Europe, has launched Full Stack, a rolling, monthly enterprise service designed to reduce upfront costs for organizations adopting drone technolog... Read more