Drones for Good

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

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Drones for Good

A pioneering drone lifeguard service put out across Spanish beaches this month saved the life of a 14-year-old boy as he battled against...

Haye KestelooJul 25

Police

A Catskills Division volunteer ambulance service in New York was launching a drone unit for search and rescue purposes, the State Police...

Haye KestelooJul 12

Police

A 38-year-old man from Petaluma, CA, was apprehended following an overnight search involving various law enforcement units, incl. a drone team.

Haye KestelooJul 12

Israel

Rescuers deployed thermal drones to look for possible survivors trapped beneath ice after an avalanche triggered by the collapse of the Italian Alps

Haye KestelooJul 11

Drone Delivery

The UK's NHS developed a fast and ecologically friendly way to deliver critical chemotherapy medications to distant communities with Skylift drones.

Haye KestelooJul 11

Belgium

The first medical drone flight over an urban area and out of sight of the pilot was carried out last Wednesday according to the new EASA rules.

Wiebe de JagerJun 24

BVLOS

In Denmark, the start of the three-year HealthDrone project has been heralded with a medical drone flight over a distance of no less than 31 miles.

Wiebe de JagerJun 2

DJI

An attempt to use a singing drone to lure a lost orca in the River Seine in Paris, France, back out to sea failed last weekend. The rescue crew used

Wiebe de JagerJun 1

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