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Memorial Day is still months away, but it’s not too early to think about how to keep summer swimmers safe from drowning. The number of those drownings is on the rise, officials in localities up and down the East Coast say. One reason? Persistent shortages of trained lifeguards, especially during the early and late summer... Read More
New York City isn’t the only locale in the Empire State that is turning to unmanned aerial vehicles to enhance its law enforcement operations. A hundred and seventy miles north, in the small town of Schenectady, NY (pop. 67,000), the local police department has just won approval from the town council to launch one of... Read More
What’s the best camera drone currently on the market? Consumer Tested Reviews (CTR) has sampled dozens, and based on their affordability, ease of use, durability and portability, 5 in particular are stand-outs. They’re all modestly priced and can allow even inexperienced drone fliers to begin shooting short but dazzling professional quality videos of local events... Read More
Brazil is the world’s latest country to turn to UAVs to launch a series of high-profile reforestation initiatives. Drones can assist these efforts by conducting aerial surveys to identify devastated regions and then following up with precision spraying of seeds and fertilizer to stimulate new tree growth. Drones are especially useful for seeding remote mountainous... Read More
The Brookhaven, Georgia police department (BPD) launched its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program in October 2020 and began scaling it in 2021. The innovative program, one of the first of its kind outside California, allows the department to dispatch UAVs to potential crime scenes in response to 911 calls. The drones hover overhead, providing... Read More
Most drone delivery companies deliver their cargo to customers point-to-point, in one of two ways. Zipline, for example, flies its drones over recipient properties and time releases their cargo via parachute to a nearby landing zone. The forward-flying aircraft never stops flying, saving time and reducing the delivery cost. Other companies like Wing stop... Read More
It seems like a simple issue, and at one level, it is. The short answer is: Yes, drones, commercial and recreational, are legally permitted to operate at night. It used to be more complicated. That’s because prior to April 2021, drone fliers needed a special waiver from the FAA to fly at night, legally. “Night”... Read More
Firefighting agencies are increasingly turning to drones to help them extinguish fires that can easily overwhelm their ground-based crews. Even fixed wing aircraft and helicopters can only fly so close to a raging blaze without posing a safety risk to their pilots and crews. And manned vehicles can only fly during daylight hours, while drones... Read More
It looks like a helicopter and flies just like one, but the newly-minted RX550X – the largest uncrewed whirlybird to be approved for production and sale starting in 2024 – has many advantages not found on the standard manned version of the aircraft. For one thing, there’s room for a higher payload – about... Read More
About two dozen law enforcement agencies nationwide have developed a specialized crime-fighting program that allows them to respond automatically to 911 calls with drone-based aerial surveillance. Dubbed “Drone First Responder,” the program sends a drone to a prospective crime scene in advance of arriving patrol officers, allowing them to size up the situation and adapt... Read More