Austrian military drone manufacturer Schiebel has teamed with refugee rescue organization Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) to save over 8,800 refugees stranded in the Mediterranean so far this year. MOAS is the first civilian organization to use the Camcopter® S-100 for humanitarian purposes. MOAS has used the S-100 to assist in search and rescue missions for troubled … [Read more...] about Military Drones Repurposed for Refugee Rescue
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5 Drone Success Stories from 2014
While the tenacious, back-and-forth legal struggles between drone advocates and government regulators continue to dominate UAV-news headlines, a look back at 2014 shows that, rather than a battlescape littered with tragedy and angst, this past year had more than its share of drone success stories: Drones Improve Healthcare Over the summer, drone developer Matternet partnered … [Read more...] about 5 Drone Success Stories from 2014
Drone Used in Search for Missing UVA Student
(Source: ksat.com) The search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham now includes the use of an aerial drone -- the first time, according to authorities, one has been used in the search for a missing person in the state. The addition of the drone to the search effort comes more than two weeks after Graham disappeared from an area of Charlottesville … [Read more...] about Drone Used in Search for Missing UVA Student
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Use Drone to Find Family Lost in the Woods
RCMP say a drone was used to help locate a family that got lost in the woods. On Saturday at 4:30 p.m., two adults and their 17-month-old child entered the woods off the Highway 107 extension. The Dartmouth family got lost and called police around 8:30 p.m. Sgt. Linda Gray with Halifax District RCMP tells Global News that police tried using sirens to pinpoint where the … [Read more...] about Royal Canadian Mounted Police Use Drone to Find Family Lost in the Woods
A Man Hunt Without The Man: Drones Help Locate Missing Child
After spending almost two weeks lost in the Siberian forests and swamplands, four-year-old Karina is finally going home--and it is all thanks to a drone. On July 29th, Karina went missing from the Yakutia Republic in Russia; however, due lack of communication between the child’s parents, authorities were only notified of her disappearance on August 3rd. In order to cover 30 … [Read more...] about A Man Hunt Without The Man: Drones Help Locate Missing Child
