The Saratoga Springs City Council approved a proposal from Big Rock Technologies, a finalist in the NATO Innovation COVID Challenge to make the city testing grounds for contactless delivery of COVID-19 test kits and medications by drone.
In the United Kingdom, fixed-wing drones are used to deliver Coronavirus kit between hospitals in Essex. The drones will carry blood tests and personal protective equipment.
Recently Walmart launched a pilot program that uses drones to deliver COVID-19 test kits in Nevada. This week Walmart delivered the first COVID-19 test kit to a customer in New York.
Lucid Drone Technologies is ready to start cleaning and spraying disinfectants with drones to fight the ever-spreading Coronavirus in North Carolina.
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.
The Hamden Police Department in Connecticut is planning to use coronavirus-related grand money to purchase PPE, cleaning supplies, a storage shed, and… a drone. They plan to buy a DJI Matrice 300 RTK to be precise.
Surveillance drones and more than 1000 elite Police units have been deployed to COVID-19 hotspots in suburban Melbourne as the southern state of Victoria, Australia struggles to bring a fresh wave of the coronavirus under control.
A stunning Drone Video shows Dubai emergency vehicles say ‘Thank you’ as a tribute to all the healthcare workers fighting the Covid-19 coronavirus.
A California drone startup called Airspace Systems makes unmanned aircraft that can chase down and capture other drones. On Thursday, the company released new software that allows their drones to monitor social distancing and face-mask wearing from the air during…
DJI has used drones successfully in China to help disinfect public areas up to 50 times faster than could be done manually. Now Patrick Walsh, CEO of EagleHawk in Syracuse, NY wants to kill the coronavirus with drones in sporting arenas…
Aerial Influence just posted this video on YouTube that shows how the company is using the DJI Agras MG-1S and the DJI Agras T16 drones to disinfect the Chicagoland Park and kill the Coronavirus. This was merely a test and…
A very short video clip from Bloomberg shows drone footage of New York City and the impact that the Coronavirus lockdown has on the ‘city that never sleeps.’ The interesting part of the video is how Bloomberg was able to…
Last week, in Westport, CT the Draganfly pandemic drone trial came to an abrupt end when concerned citizens saw video footage showing how AI was able to identify people displaying symptoms of possible coronavirus Infection. A detailed article in Venture Beat…
The Coronavirus has closed federal testing centers across the United States, leaving drone pilots unable to renew their Part 107 Certificates. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released an update to the knowledge exam testing protocols according to Drone U’s most…
Skydio Inc. supports First Responders and frontline medical workers during the COVID-19 outbreak, facilitates delivery of one million pieces of PPE and donates U.S.-made drones to first responders across the country.
Almost two weeks ago, we first reported on George Steinmetz’ DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone that was confiscated by NYPD officers in plainclothes. The officers appeared from an unmarked van when Steinmetz used his drone to take aerial footage of…
Italian Police used a Parrot Anafi drone to monitor the beaches in Rimini for people who defy the stay at home order. On a deserted stretch of beach, they found a sunbather who was illegally enjoying the beautiful weather. They…
Drones from Zipline are used in Ghana to enable faster coronavirus testing. The company said on Monday the drones are now being used to test before outside of major cities.
Today in the New Haven Register a reporter writes about ordering a sandwich by drone in New Haven, Connecticut. The drone delivery service, Kiki Air, was started by a Yale student. Here are some of the highlights of that story.
By now, many people will have seen drone videos or photos of the mass burials of unclaimed COVID-19 victims at Hart Island in New York. We reported on that about a week ago, but so did many other news outlets.…
In an interesting article in The Guardian, experts warn that the increased surveillance, including drone surveillance, may be hard to scale back once the Coronavirus pandemic is behind us.
In a series of drone portraits, New Yorkers show how while being quarantined they can still be together. Johnny Cirillo flew his drone over parts of Greenpoint and captured the following photos.
This stunning Drone Video shows the Trevi Fountain as you have never seen it before. And, will likely never see again. Normally, the famous fountain in Italy is a tourist hotspot and capturing drone videos like these would be simply…
In a message on the Skydio website, the company says that as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic their local manufacturing in California has temporarily halted operations.
In an article in the South China Morning Post, DJI denies reports of mass layoffs and instead says that the drone maker is busy meeting demand amid the Coronavirus pandemic. A company spokesperson even said that DJI will bring “huge…
Maui Police will start using drones for public announcements in the fight against the spreading Coronavirus. The DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise seems to be a favorite drone among local law enforcement and First Responders.
We have seen many Countries around the world use drone to help in the fight against COVID-19. Mostly, unmanned aircraft are used to communicate with people to keep a social distance from one another. But, we have also seen drones…
Find out from DJI’s public safety experts, Romeo Durscher, DJI’s Senior Director of Public Safety Integration, and Wayne Baker, DJI’s Director of Public Safety Integration, on how drones are currently being utilized throughout the US, and what this could mean…
A Drone Video seems to show inmates in protective gear burying coffins on NYC’s infamous Hart Island in the Long Island Sound. The city has said that they may burry victims from the COVID-19 pandemic on the island.
The Elizabeth Police Department in New Jersey receives five new DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drones as part of the recently launched DJI U.S. Disaster Relief Program. These new DJI drones will be flown around the city of Elizabeth with an…
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