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Drone Regulations Limit Public Safety Uses
The goal of search and rescue is to find a missing person quickly. Drones have the potential to help. But as Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray reports laws are limiting their uses for public safety. Attorney Ann Morgan scrutinizes the laws … Continue reading
The first drone to complete a delivery in the US is on its way to the Smithsonian
“It was all over in less than ten minutes, but the first drone sanctioned by the US Federal Aviation Administration to complete a delivery successfully dropped off medical supplies at a clinic in rural Virginia on July 17, 2015. Now, … Continue reading
Drone Firefighters Start Blazes on Purpose To Contain Big Wildfires
“The Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems (“Nimbus”) Lab has drone projects for surveying, water sampling, and starting fires. Their Unmanned Aerial System for Firefighting (UAS-FF) is a hexacopter drone fitted with hopper containing up to fifty “ignition spheres” the size … Continue reading
