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Onboard sensors detect vessels or humans on the water, and AI calculates the optimal time to release the lifeboat close to the vessel or person in distress without human intervention

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Draganfly's drone technology and pilot services will map and develop delivery routes to support the needs of Mass General Brigham's patients and staff

Iridium’s Academy aims to provide curricula specific to GMDSS and related safety services, ensuring maritime students can work aboard SOLAS class vessels

The new drone delivery network aims to connect 13 hospitals with Europe’s largest hospital laboratory Labor Berlin to support transportation of more than six million lab samples per year

D-Fend Solutions partners with All Secure Group to provide counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) protection at state and local levels

Dedrone’s solution is powered by the same computer-vision-enabled, sensor-fusion AI that currently protects over 500 sites around the world for complete airspace situational awareness

Speakers, including Draganfly CEO Cameron Chell, will share expertise in AI, digital twin, IoT, the meta verse, and UAVs, and provide insights into their use in disaster management

Sentient’s AI-enabled optical sensors have successfully detected targets across land and sea at high altitudes for next-gen ISR operations and immediate situational awareness on the battlefield

The company has enabled mission-critical live video and real-time data from mobile command and control vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems for situational awareness

The X8 by Xer Technologies is a heavy-duty, coaxial-rotor, hybrid-electric drone with a 2.5 hr flight time carrying a 3kg payload, ideally suited to harsh environment applications, including search and rescue, disaster response, and BVLOS inspection, find out more at DroneX, Intergeo and Milipol

The new Crash Protected Container (CPC) by Viking Drone Packaging will enable drones to safely carry critical medical deliveries, including potentially infectious blood samples for urgent testing or certain therapy drugs for chemotherapy treatments

UAS expansion in UK airspace will begin with IAI’s Heron, with its 500,000 hours of safe operations worldwide and a suite of advanced sensors, cameras and communications equipment

Over two days, Draganfly will host over 30 prominent agencies and customers, providing live drone demonstrations, hands-on flying, partner presentations and use case scenario workshops

Promo Drone's Starling X.2, manufactured by Draganfly, is a versatile rapid-response messaging drone that can communicate and promote important information in various sectors

Draganfly's technology and drone pilot crews will detect and map wildfires and hotspots for Canadian provincial government to help mitigate the impact of wildfires

Robosys' Voyager AI Vessel solution is being installed onto Lynx Power Catamarans to enable crewed, lean crewed, optionally unmanned and fully unmanned options at the switch of a button

The Optimus System from Ondas is an end-to-end, fully-automated UAS to be deployed in partnership with Skyfire as urban drone infrastructure, supporting public safety and DFRs

Draganfly has been granted the Transport Canada Special Flight Operations Certificate for wildfire suppression operations, authorizing BVLOS drone operations at altitudes exceeding 400 feet

Archer First Response Systems has completed F3322-22 ASTM certification, using Drone Rescue System’s DRS-25 parachute recovery system on Freefly’s Alta X, for first response drone deployment operations

Remotely collected aerial intelligence can help firefighters get timely actionable hot spot information about difficult to reach areas so that fires can be safely contained

Draganfly and Promo Drone have partnered to unveil the Starling X.2 a versatile rapid-response messaging and aerial advertising platform for use with public safety, emergency response, and outdoor events

Draganfly deployed drone technology and services to support safe evacuation efforts, reduce response time, and enable the efficient assessment of mine locations for demining operations in land and water-affected areas

In the past year alone, CENTUM’s Lifeseeker mobile phone detection system for manned and unmanned aircraft has aided in the rescue of a hiker in the Alps, an elderly person with dementia and a skier caught in an avalanche

With over 24 years of operations and commitment to the advancement of drones, Draganfly cites the new streamlined regulations as the seminal event for the broad integration of drones

The training program involved Draganfly’s innovative Situational Assessment UAV technology, which was used to train personnel from the Main Department of the State of Emergency Services Cherkasy Region Ukraine