Police in North Dakota are celebrating after search-and-rescue drones helped locate a missing child last week. Working with top-rated drone firm SkySkopes, the Minot police and fire departments found two-year old Kevin Hochsprung in a nearby unoccupied, unlocked house several hours after the boy wandered away from home. According to the Minot Daily News, Kevin slipped … [Read more...] about Search-and-rescue Drones Help Locate Missing Child
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Singaporean Drone Company Will Take on Asia’s Ring of Fire
Singaporean company Drone Solution Services has announced the launch of “24/7 Unmanned Search & Rescue Services” – a solution to provide emergency services around the Ring of Fire – a 25,000-mile region encompassing the Asian side of the Pacific Ocean where numerous earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. When fully deployed, the program – announced at the recent … [Read more...] about Singaporean Drone Company Will Take on Asia’s Ring of Fire
Mississippi State Launches Disaster Relief Drones
Mississippi State University is flying high for two reasons. 1 . The men’s basketball team is looking to make a tough showing tonight against the SEC-leading Tennessee Vols.* 2. The school’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory has acquired two TigerShark XP3 drones. Built by NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corporation, the drones cost about $2 million and MSU obtained federal … [Read more...] about Mississippi State Launches Disaster Relief Drones
California: Drones Stitch Helpful Aerial Maps in Wake of Deadly Camp Fire
While California's Camp Fire has earned the infamous title of costliest world disaster of 2018, the aftermath could have been worse, say fire experts, had it not been for drones. The series of wildfires claimed more than 80 lives and destroyed thousands of buildings across Butte County. However, thanks to UAV companies DJI and DroneDeploy, county and state agencies were able … [Read more...] about California: Drones Stitch Helpful Aerial Maps in Wake of Deadly Camp Fire
South Korean Telecom Launches Airship Drone Platform
In an effort to bolster a nationwide 5G network, South Korean telecom giant KT Corp will launch a new drone platform to provide mobile communications centers that can also remotely control other UAVs for search and rescue operations. Dubbed SKYSHIP, the platform includes a helium-powered airship drone, mobile ground station, as well as installed smaller drones and robots. … [Read more...] about South Korean Telecom Launches Airship Drone Platform
