OBX bridge inspected by Skydio drones for first time
The State of North Carolina has been at the forefront of using drones over the last couple of years. Now the NCDOT will be using Skydio drones to inspect the OBX bridge for the first time.
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Drone with thermal camera helps to find 78-year-old man in Alexander County, NC
In Alexander County, NC, officers used a police drone with a thermal camera to find a 78-year-old man who had gone missing on Wednesday afternoon. The man was found around 10 pm.m when it was already dark, raining and temperatures…
Delivering COVID-19 vaccines by drone, Volansi’s Hannan Parvizian explains
Delivering COVID-19 vaccines by drone is certainly possible. Currently, Volansi is delivering medical supplies to rural patients by drone in North Carolina. In this short video interview on NBC New York, co-founder, and CEO of Volansi, Hannan Parvizian discusses how…
Residents in rural North Carolina will soon get meds delivered by drone
Drug-maker Merck and drone-maker Volansi have teamed up to deliver medication to residents in rural parts of North Carolina.
Lucid Drone Technologies uses UAS to fight coronavirus in N.C.
Lucid Drone Technologies is ready to start cleaning and spraying disinfectants with drones to fight the ever-spreading Coronavirus in North Carolina.
Drone group photo of EMS workers outside Robeson County Emergency Operations Center
A drone group photo is not yet a regular occurrence, but it something that we see happening more often since unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have become less expensive and easier to fly. Here’s a drone group photo of emergency medical…
FAA grants NSDOT waiver to fly Skydio drones BVLOS during inspections
On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted a waiver that allows the NCDOT to operate Skydio 2 drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) during infrastructure and bridge inspections. the approval is part of the FAA’s UAS Integration Pilot…
Zègre-Hemsey tests drone delivery of defibrillators in North Carolina
Dr. Jessica Zègre-Hemsey and her team published the results of their drone study in The New England Journal of Medicine (September 17, 2020). The study was supported by a grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NC TraCS),…
NC Department of Transportation drone program nominated for national award
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s drone program has again been named a finalist for a national award. The program could win a prize with enough online votes from the public.
PrecisionHawk awarded patents for Unmanned Air Traffic Management (UTM)
PrecisionHawk, Inc., a pioneer in geospatial data acquisition and analysis for enterprises, today announced it has been awarded two patents for technologies it has developed for unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM). The patents, titled ‘Automated Unmanned Air Traffic Control…
With a $1M state grant a university plans to deliver PPE kits by drone to fight COVID-19
With a $1 million state grant, the Elizabeth City State University plans to use drones to deliver Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) test kits to help fight COVID-19 in rural areas of Northeastern North Carolina.
Flytrex tests deliveries by drone in North Dakota and North Carolina
Flytrex is testing deliveries by drone in North Dakota and North Carolina and if you thought that drone deliveries were still off in the distant future. Well, then you haven’t spoken yet with Yariv Bash, Co-Founder, and CEO of Flytrex,…