Drones for Good

Conservation, medical delivery, disaster response — the missions where drones save the day.

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DJI

DJI Matrice 400 Delivers Ice Water Rescue in Minutes

All drones used by the USAR Drone Team are DJI aircraft, and this rescue system flies on the DJI Matrice 400. This platform is not subtle.

Rafael SuárezFeb 2

Zipline

Choctaw Nation lands $2M federal grant to fly medical supplies across Oklahoma’s rural reservation

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) just received a $2 million SMART (Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build out a drone-based medical delivery network across its 10,923-square-mile reservation in southeastern Oklahoma. The announcement came alongside a live demonstration at the Atoka Health Clinic, where airborne drone

Haye KestelooFeb 1

DJI

DJI Drone Helps Save 96 Year Old Woman From Fire

A 96 year old woman is alive after a DJI Matrice 30T drone gave firefighters critical early intelligence during an apartment fire in Euless, Texas, as FOX4 News reported. Fire crews were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 1200 block of El Camino Real around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Before engines arrived, a drone was…

Rafael SuárezJan 26

DJI

DJI Drone Finds Missing Dog After Ohio Night Accident

On a snowy January night in Defiance, Ohio, a family’s worst fear began with the sound of a car strike and ended in silence, their dog Banks vanished into the cold after being hit, leaving Jessica Adams and her family searching for hours as temperatures dropped and hope thinned, as WTOL reported. By the next…

Rafael SuárezJan 25

DJI Zenmuse L2 lidar sensor mounted on a DJI Matrice 350 RTK drone.

DJI

Drone Rescues Missing Kirkland Woman After Two Days

Deputies responded, and one King County Sheriff’s deputy quickly launched a drone to scan the area from above, relying on thermal imaging to cut

Rafael SuárezJan 18

Search & Rescue

Drones and Canines Search for Missing NC Teen

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating 14 year old Gideon Andrew Ferguson, who was reported missing Wednesday after last being seen around 4 p.m. at his home on Watermoss Drive near Triplett Road in the Amity Hill community, as Queen City News reported. Since then, deputies have launched…

Rafael SuárezJan 17