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Swift Tactical Systems teams validate UAS and capabilities under unique scenarios

As part of a contract with Okayama Prefecture in Japan, teams from Swift Tactical Systems, in collaboration with the company’s Japanese counterpart, Swift-Xi, recently validated Swift’s UAS and capabilities under unique scenarios when they completed personnel search and rescue and animal identification missions as part of a proof of concept program.

DroneUp, partners test how UAS could help medical professionals battling COVID-19

To determine how UAS could help medical professionals in their fight to stop the spread of the Coronavirus, DroneUp, UPS and its subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and Workhorse Group recently came together to test the technology in Lawrenceville, Virginia.

New AUVSI Report Finds Growing Demand for Expanded Drone Operations

For Immediate Release: April 20, 2020Contact: Tom McMahon, tmcmahon@auvsi.org, (571) 255-7786 New AUVSI Report Finds Growing Demand for Expanded Drone Operations Nearly 4,000 waivers granted under Part 107; about 20 percent of waivers granted to organizations received by first responders ARLINGTON, Va. – Almost four years after the Federal Aviation Administration established rules for the commercial operation of... Continue reading

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